The author states on the basis of historical facts that the
foreign Islamic education of Caucasians was a problem for the Russian
state at the beginning of the 20th century. According to historical
information, expert assessments and data from a small sociological
survey, he concludes that foreign Islamic education contributes to
changes in the confessional identity of Muslims of Daghestan in the
direction of Salafitization of their consciousness at the present time.
Thus, foreign Islamic education contributes to the strengthening of
interfaith tensions in the republic.
