History and Source Studies  
Dolinina A.A. Russian Translations of the Qur’an in the 20th Century: A Brief Des­cription 7
Khismatulin A.A. The Mirrors for Princes Writings by al-Ghazali. I. Nasihat al-Muluk 18
Khismatulin A.A. The Mirrors for Princes Writings by al-Ghazali. II. The Four Letters by Imam 31
Gatin M.S. Drinking of Alcohol by the Nomads of the Ulus of Jochi in the Great Mongol Empire in the 18th Century (Based on Narrative Sources) 54
Zakariyaev Z.Sh., Shikhaliev Sh.Sh. Memorial Monuments of the Dagestani Fort of Targu: Typology, Epigraphy, Decoration 62
Rybakov V.M. The Concept of the Scope of Administrative Liability in Traditional Chinese Law 69
Philosophy, Mysticism, and Issues of Religious Ideology  
Zhigulskaya D.V. The Philosophy of Turkish Alevism 77
Saetov I.G. Sufi Tariqahs in the Republic of Turkey (1923–1950) 85
Saetov I.G. A Challenge to Modern Reality from the Center of Istanbul: Jamaat “Ismail Agha” in the Social Life of Turkey 90
Tsaregorodtseva I.A. Political and Legal Concepts of the Ideologists of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood 98
Matochkina A.I. Addressing the Ideas of Ibn Taymiyyah in Early Modern and Contemporary History 111
Khasavnekh A.A. Naqshbandi Sheikh of the Volga-Ural Region M.-Z. Kamalov and His Composition “Tabsirat al-Murshidin…” 120
Shagaviev D.A. Interpretations of the Hadith about the Split of the Ummah in the Works of the Tatar Reformers of Islam 127
Current Problems in the Muslim World  
Bekkin R.I. Islamic Financial Law and Its Role in the Regulation of Islamic Finance 134
Zhuravlev A.Yu. Feasibility of a Moral Economy in the Context of Islamic Economic Doctrine and Practice 145
Khabibullina Z.R. The Body of Muslim Clergy in the Republic of Bashkortostan: Status and Development Trends 162
Politics and International Relations in the East  
Sidorova G.M. Security Issues and Army Reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 171
Dobronravin N.A. Western Sahara, Somaliland, and Azawad: Problems of Sovereignization 183
Piskunova N.I. Piracy in the Gulf of Aden: Current State of the Problem 193
Rubtsova A.I. The Problem of Development of Transboundary Hydrocarbon Resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Interests of Russia 203
Philological Sciences  
Norik B.V. Towards the Genre of Ta’rikh in 16th Century Mawarannahr 211
Tuzlu A.M. Formulas of Speech Etiquette in the Turkish Language 219
Criticism and Bibliography  
Bekkin R.I. Unnoticed by the Reader. A Review of B.Ya. Shidfar’s Translation of the Qur’an 231
Cwiklinski S. Review of the Book: Bustanov A.K. The Book Culture of Siberian Muslims 238
People of Science  
Sharafutdinova R.Sh. For the Love of the Spoken Word: On the 85th Anniversary of the Birth of B.Ya. Shidfar 241
Dzhandosova Z.A. The Poetry of Zen: In Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Kabanoff 247
Events  
Khamidov E.N. On the Kazan International Scientific Forum “Islam in a Multicultural World” 258