Abstract:

Kyrgyzstan declared its independence in 1991 after 70 years under Soviet rule. With his independence, as in other fields, a new period in religious and state relations began. One of the most important developments in the country’s widespread religious education, without a doubt, was the establishment of the “Religious Administration of Muslims in Kyrgyzstan” in 1993. Although the Muslim Religious Administration of Kyrgyzstan has many tasks and responsibilities, one of its most important tasks is to perform the mosque services in the country. The service of Cami in the first plan is often understood by the worship function. But beyond the funtions of worship of the mosques, one of their most important tasks is undoubtedly the contribution to religious education. This is much more important for the people of Kyrgyzstan. The reason is that, for reasons such as the long-term deprivation of religious education, as well as the lack of sufficient religious teaching in public schools, the people largely obtain religious information from the mosques. One of the most important aspects of Cami services is that it penetrates to the country’s most ucranial corner. Thus the mosques, in addition to their worship and religious education functions, perform an important function in terms of socialization in general and religious socialization in particular. There were only 39 mosques in the pre-independence country, which reached 2838 in 2018. 2457 of these mosques (86.6%) are registered by the relevant authorities. The rest are not yet registered. As well as the physical structure and number of mosques, the professional qualifications and the level of adulthood of the religious officials who serve here are also extremely important. The way of taking advantage of the mosques as far as they do depends on the professional qualifications of the imam who work there; the equipment they have in terms of religious education. The religion is not to speak of itself; it is always told through the people who learn religion. Thus, the religious official means the nature of the religious understanding in that society. Religious officials equipped with a quality and proper religious education are the unique guarantee that religion will perform the proper function in that society, and therefore the issue is very important. The purpose of this article is also to provide a series of suggestions to ensure that religious officials who work in mosques throughout Kyrgyzstan can perform better functions by addressing their professional capabilities and some professional problems. For this purpose, a field investigation was carried out for the religious officials who work in Kyrgyzstan. In this study, 206 religious officials were surveyed, and seven districts were traveled, the district miners (women) and some imam interviewed. According to the general findings from the study: the number of mosques and communities in the country is rapidly increasing. From a physical point of view, no problem appears, except the mosques’ abdesthouses and toilets. The majority of the religious officials we conduct in the survey work in the rural sector and the average age (80%) is made up of people over the age of 35. While a significant proportion of religious officials are graduated from the Medrese and Islamic University, there is no official religious education program and form of appointment to be appointed as religious officials in Kyrgyzstan. Because, for economic reasons, the profession of religious responsibility is not seen as an attractive profession, the imam can do this profession without getting sufficient professional education. Although the majority of religious officials have said they have chosen this profession with religious concerns, those who have chosen this profession with the compulsion and demand of the environment are also in a rate that will not be reduced. However, most of them said they were happy with their professions.

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