Islamic legal discourse on the pages of the Tatar periodical press of the early XX century

Abstract

The period between the late XIX – early XX centuries in the history of Tatar social thought represents the age of rapid development. On the one hand, this fact is connected with the processes of the formation of capitalism in Russia, since new circumstances required new conclusions of theologians. On the other hand, it is related with the political and economic stagnation in the Islamic world. In this regard, Muslim theologians, including Tatar theologians, were looking for a way out of the current crisis. In this regard, the study of the Tatar periodical press is particularly interesting, since, unlike theological treatises, it makes possible to identify real questions addressed by imams and ordinary Muslims to theologians. It makes possible to study the practical side of the problem.