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The article presents a brief overview of the study of classical Islamic philosophy in chronological order. According to the author, in Western countries, the scientific research of Islamic philosophy began within the framework of the Christian scholastic tradition, yet later the analysis of Arabic texts as well as the structure of Islamic theoretical thought was initiated. Some scholars applied a methodological approach to the study of Islamic philosophy. Orientalist philologists also played an important role in the study of the religious and philosophical doctrine of Islam. Both of these schools adopted a methodological approach based on the traditions of Christian and Jewish philosophy and theology, which in some aspects had similarities with Islamic thought.

The article describes the history of the study of Muslim philosophy in Russia. Before the October Revolution, research in this field occupied a secondary position compared to religious studies and the study of the political and social history of the Muslim East, in particular the regions whose influence extended to Russia or which were part of the Russian Empire. The main centres of Oriental studies were St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kazan. The first work in Russian devoted to the philosophy of Islam was the monograph by Panteleimon Zhuze. Based on the data presented in the article, the author comes to the following conclusion: philosophical Islamic studies in Russia, having overcome the crisis of the 1990s, is developing in line with modern trends in world science, abandoning the dogmatic ideas of the Soviet school.