UNITY OF TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE VIEWS OF SAINT PETERSBURG AKHUND GATAULLA BAYAZITOV

Abstract

The paper considers the views of the Tatar Muslim modernist, public and religious figure Gataulla Bayazitov, who proves the rationality inherent in Islam in his works. Speaking against the negative attitude of religious dogmatism in relation to rational knowledge, the development of science and technological progress, Bayazitov sets the task of overcoming the cultural isolation of Russian Muslims and bringing them to the achievements of European civilization, while retaining their traditional spiritual values.