Islamic religious education at Russian Federation schools

In the process of democratization, which started with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992 and the establishment of the Russian Federation, and with the efforts of mostly religious institutions in the country and especially the Orthodox church the law of "Freedom of Conscience and Religious Institutions" was adopted. Those developments paved the way for traditional religions in the country and in this context Islamic religious education. These development of religious education in general and the developments and debates in Islamic religious education, which started in Russian Federation schools, form the basis of this study. For a better understanding of the subject, the historical deve-lopment of Islamic and religious education in Russia is explained. In this context some statistical informations is given, such as population of Muslims in the country, Islamic educational institutions, religious schools curriculum in public schools, the number of students and so on. In addition to written sources, various interviews were conducted with official and informal institutions in Russia. Although from 2012-2013 academic yearthe elective compulsory religion course has been made elective in schools, studies are conti-nuing to make the course subjects more efficient and therefore the issue is still up to date. Key Words: Post-Soviet, Russian Federation, Religious Education, Principles of Religious Culture and Secular Ethics, Islamic Religious Education, Principles of Islamic Culture.