TATAR RELIGIOUS REFORMISM (COMMON FEATURES AND SPECIFICS)

Abstract

In the article the author uses the broad meaning of the term of religious reformation (Christian) in reference to similar process in he Muslim world in general and in Tatar region, in particular. The main characteristic forms of Muslim religious reformation unlike that of the European reformation and did not touch upon religious dogmas and beliefs but merely the Muslim consciousness. Tatar religious reformation had passed through two stages: the stage of formation, reflected in creative work of the first reformers A. Utiz-Imani (1754–1834) and A. Qursawi (1776–1812) and the reformation of Modern and Contemporary history, connected with the legacy of Sh. Marjani (1818– 1889), R. Fahraddin (1859–1936), M. Bigi (1875–1949) and Z. Kamali(1873 1942).