Political Islam in Pre-revolutionary Russia: Groups, Parties, Representatives in the Parliament
Journal: Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Education Innovation and Social Science (ICEISS 2018)
Year: 2018

The article analyzes the formation, emergence, development and problems of political Islam in Russia. The authors point out that the history of the formation of political Islam in Russia dates back to the 16th century. Jadidism, which was aimed at modernizing all aspects of Muslim life and spread in the Russian Empire in the 19th century, became a key factor in the politicization of Islam. At the same time, there were also other reasons for the return to pure Islam, for example the Waisi. The re