Конкурсы чтецов корана в Нижегородской области: анализ практик консолидации уммы

Ислам в современном мире. 2021. Т. 17. № 2. С. 119–140.

Ахмедова Ф. М., Корнилов А. А., Orekhov A.

Abstract. This article is devoted to the practices of religious education and
socialization of Muslims in the Nizhny Novgorod region, more precisely, to
the study of Qur’an reciting competitions in the period from 2005 till 2021.
The purpose of the study is to reveal the essence of these practices. The
sources of the research include information materials of the offi cial Internet
site of Spiritual Boards of Muslims of Nizhny Novgorod Region (DUM NO),
and the results of an interviews with representatives of the organizers’ team
of the competition and teachers of maktabs. Based on this goal, the au-
thors seek to reconstruct the specifi cs of the organization of the Qur’an re-
citing competition. The study has used the interdisciplinary approach and
methods of social sciences. The research identifi ed the following practic-
es: the practice of mentoring and systematic training and education; the
practice of teaching and religious education through contemporary means
of communication; the practice of common work and competition in good
deeds; the practice of thanksgiving, praising the Almighty; socialization
practice, strengthening unity within the ummah; the practice of encourag-
ing of the acquisition of new knowledge; vocational guidance practice. The
research scientifi c novelty is expressed by systematization of information
about Qur’an reciting competitions in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Keywords: ислам, Islam, образовательные практики, social practices, социальные практики, religious education, антропология ислама, Anthropology of Islam