Kazan, August 17, 2022

The scientific and practical conference “The V-th Maskarin Readings” was held in the Kukmorsky district on August 17. The scientific forum was organized within the framework of the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam in the Volga Bolgaria by the Kukmor Muslim community of Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan and the executive committee of the Kukmor region.

Religious, scientific, public, cultural figures, famous imams and Islamic scholars, regional specialists and historians, journalists and Islamic students gathered to participate in the conference.

Thus, among the guests of honor were the chief kazy of Tatarstan Jalil hazrat Fazlyev, the chairman of the council of aksakals of Tatarstan Muftiyat Airat hazrat Ayupov, the director of the Kazan Muslim Madrasa named after the 1000th anniversary of the adoption of Islam Ilyas hazrat Ziganshin, the first deputy director of the Muhammadiya Madrasa Rustam hazrat Khairullin, the first deputy mufti of the Ulyanovsk region Rasul hazrat Fatkhullov, imam of the village of Novy Pineger of the Kirov region Ziyatdin hazrat Nazmetdinov, first deputy director of the Mukhammadiya Madrasa Rustam hazrat Khairullin, deputy director of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Khadiev and others.

Before the beginning of the conference, the guests visited a number of local historical sites: the ancient Mascarinskoe cemetery, the historic Mascarinskaya mosque, as well as the museum of the Mascarinskoe boarding school. Then the participants of the Mascara readings took part in a significant event - the opening of the Hidayat educational center.

The plenary session of the Mascara Readings was held at the Kukmor House of Culture. This year the conference was held under the theme “Mascara village: history and issues of revival”. During the conference, the speakers made presentations on issues such as the preservation of the Tatar-Muslim identity, the study of Tatar genealogies, the history of the village and the Maskarinsky mosque, the study of the gravestones of the ancient Maskarinsky cemetery, the history of the Muhammadiya Madrasa, which celebrates 140 years from the date of formation, etc. According to the results of the conference the resolution was adopted, the press office of Tatarstan Muftiyat reports.