Timirkhan Alishev (Deputy Scientific Director of the Institute of Psychology and Education) participated in the meeting with representatives of Muslim religious organizations including Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Islamic University, Kazan Islamic University, Muslim Spiritual Authority.

They discussed the implementation of Islamic education in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Timirkhan Alishev suggested the programme of retraining educators from Islamic educational organizations. This is the realization of the project of the Ministry of Education adopted in 2007. The project outlines the development of Islamic education by teaching the history and culture of Islam.

Furthermore, Ramil Khayrutdinov, a director of the Institute of International Relations of Kazan Federal University, was awarded during this meeting as a head of the Islamic Education project.