ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN KYRGYZSTAN
Keywords:
Kyrgyzstan, Islamic education, Islamic university, Islamic institute, madrasahs, faculty of theology, Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan, mudaris, imam-khatib, muftiat, State Commission for Religious Affairs, Islamic educational establishments.Abstract
The author surveys the Islamic education system in Kyrgyzstan after the republic gained its independence, assesses its current state and the problems relating to this sphere, and offers her recommendations on how to upgrade its efficiency.
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Calculated by the author on the basis of the Current Records of SAMK by 1 March, 2013.
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Ibidem.
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