The Islamic renaissance and modern Dagestan society: development vectors

Introduction: The Islamic renaissance is a complex and contradictory process, it has both positive and negative potential. The consequences of strengthening the position of Islam in modern Dagestan society seem to be an important aspect, because the trajectory of this process determines the stability and preservation of interreligious harmony. Research methods. An empirical study was conducted in 2023 by random selection. The object of the study is the Islamic renaissance. The subject of the study is the reflection of the religious (Islamic) renaissance on modern Dagestan society. The place of the survey: Makhachkala, Derbent, Kizilyurt, Khasavyurt, Botlikhsky, Derbent, Kazbekov, Kizlyar districts. Distribution by socio-demographic parameters: a) gender: 249 men (48.8%), 261 women (51.2%); b) age: 15-17 years - 144 people (28.3%), 18-25 years - 173 people (34.0%), 26-35 years - 193 people (41.7%); c) education: incomplete average - 74 people (14.4%), average - 107 (21.0%), specialized secondary - 173 people (34.1%), higher - 156 people (30.5%); e) attitude to religion: a convinced believer - 198 people (38.8%), a believer - 273 (53.5%), hesitant - 25 people (4.9%), unbeliever - 11 people (2.2%), convinced unbeliever - 3 people (0.6%). N=510. The results of the study. Empiricism shows that the designation of the special status of Islam with the argument of the number of followers of Islam is characteristic of the mass consciousness of Dagestan youth. Respondents consider the improvement of interethnic relations and the improvement of morals of the population, the development of charity and assistance to needy social groups, the absence of interreligious conflict to be positive in the Islamic revival for Dagestan. At the same time, the respondents associate destructive phenomena in the interreligious sphere of modern Dagestan society with the spread of religious movements "alien" to traditional faiths in the republic.