THE ROLE OF IMAM MATURIDI IN THE ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION OF CENTRAL ASIA

Abstract

The religious-scientific centers from Mawrenahr, in particular from Samarqand and Buhara, contributed extensively to expansion of Islam across the Central Asia. The religious doctrine and school, established by those religious-scientific centers, spread throughout whole Central Asia, reaching even China and India. Thus, this process influenced religious views of nations which embraced Islam. However, the region's specific religious doctrine was not shaped from scientific perspectives in one day. It lasted for centuries. In this regard it is our duty to re-search and examine contribution of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi who was a pioneer in that historical process