The necessity of religious education is evident. Ignorance is the worst enemy of religion, and ignorant person cannot make objective decisions differentiating good and evil, that causes a mistakes that could be easily avoided. The absence of religious knowledge is a perfect ground for variety of extreme and cult ideas. For a long time the Muslims and the orthodox clergy have been offering to organize courses at schools where children would be taught the basics of the God's Law. Unfortunately, such offers never got proper response.
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Investments into the human soul are considered to be non-profitable. As a result, the believers rely solely on the help of God and of those who cares about his will. Thanks God, one of the beneficial for spiritual education actions was initiated in August, 2000. The necessity of a camp, where children could rest and study the basics of Islam simultaneously was beyond any doubt, yet the possibility to organize one came up only recently. Muslim Religious Society of the Octyabr District of Saransk headed by Nail Fahretdinov was the initiator of the camp.