Who was Jadidist?

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Jadidists were Muslim reformists.
Muslims who desired to modernise Islam to govern their society were known as "Jadidists" and lived in the Russian Empire. During the 1905 revolution, they backed the liberals of Russia, who fought the Tsar's dictatorship and called for a constitution. They all hold to the prophet Muhammad, on whom be peace and the existence and oneness of God. But the Turkic component grew more dominant over time. The Jadids were writing positive citations to the exploits of Turkic warriors like Chinggis, Temur, and Ulugh-beg by 1917. Their primary objective was to impose Islam and make it the dominant way of life in their civilisation. The Jadidists recognised how the Russian Empire's Muslims were straying from Islam and obstructing their progress.

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