HUSAIN FAIZKHAN’S CONCEPT OF THE REFORMATION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Abstract

Faizkhan, as well as other Tatar enlighteners, considered that the progress of Tatar nation could be achieved only through acquiring education and adopting modern European methods of teaching. Tatar enlighteners were realizing that without acquiring modern knowlHUSAIN FAIZKHAN’S CONCEPT OF THE REFORMATION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION Recreation of the national Islamic theological school: Russian recipe edge Tatar people would not reach the level of Russians and Europeans. Faizkhan was the first among Tatar enlighteners who conceived the advantage of the European educational system and arrived at the idea of transferring European methods of education to Tatar ground. In winter 1862/63 he wrote his «Islah madaris» (School reform) and «Risala» (The treatise), where he presented the project of the reformation of Islamic education. Neither these works nor «Ukitu isuli» (Bases of education), which contains additional information to the abovementioned works, were published. After the death of Faizkhan, Mardjani obtained these manuscripts and added his marginal notes, which a great deal contributed to the project of Islamic educational reform.