Abstract
Islamic education has a long history in the Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan, that has among the most famous Islamic educational institutions. When the country was occupied by Tsarist Russia, these institutions were allowed to continue as before. There were more than 10,000 maktabs teaching Islamic matters. However, under the Soviet rule, all such institutions were closed down and children were taught by mullās at home. The contacts with the Arab countries were stopped. In the 1980s, with the Glasnost, there was a revival of the Islamic education. After the Civil War (1992–1997), the Tajik State reinforced its control and regulation of Islamic education. In 2010, some 20 madrasahs existed. This chapter makes an overview of Islamic education in Tajikistan.
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Zainiddinov, H. (2018). Islamic Education in Tajikistan. In: Daun, H., Arjmand, R. (eds) Handbook of Islamic Education. International Handbooks of Religion and Education, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64683-1_46
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