The politicization of the Islamic umma in Russia: process assessment, development trends and optimization methods
The article considers the politicization of the Islamic Ummah in Russia in the post-Soviet period, from the point of view of analyzing the assessment of this process, identifying its main trends and proposed measures to optimize them. Despite the debatable nature of this issue in Russian science, the author comes to a clear conclusion about the politicization of the Islamic Ummah in Russia. The main trends and factors of politicization are considered, as well as the consequences of this process for Russian society. It is concluded that in order to optimize the main trends of politicization, it is necessary to provide for the implementation of changes to improve the system of Islamic education: both in the country as a whole and in its “Muslim” regions.