Early Muslim mosques in mountainous Ingushetia are of considerable importance for the history and culture of the region, therefore our institution is actively working on their accounting, inventory and inclusion in the register of identified objects of cultural heritage.

About how Islam penetrated into Ingushetia was mentioned for the first time in history in the eighties of the 16th century. The Georgian Tsarevich Vakhushti Bagrationi in his book "Geography of Georgia", written on the basis of data collected at the end of the seventeenth century, clearly refers the inhabitants of the village of Angusht to Muslims, and even to Sunnis.

In the seventies and nineties of the eighteenth century, male and female Muslim names prevailed in Ingushetia. There were even recorded facts that both individual inhabitants of Ingushetia and entire groups of Ingushetia accepted Islam.

Pyotr Pallas wrote about the fact that the ancestors of the Ingush preferred Islam even at the end of the eighteenth century. Archaeologist Chakhkiev presented data from which it follows that a number of burials dating back to the end of the eighteenth century were discovered on the territory of Ingushetia in its mountainous regions. These burials have all the signs of burials performed according to the rules of Muslim funeral rites, characteristic of Islam.

The process of Islamization of the people of Ingushetia took place in several stages and was complex, affecting all spheres of life, and ended only after such a person as teacher Kunta-Khadji Kishiev appeared on the political arena, who led active propaganda of Islam among the Ingush.

As it was said earlier, as a result of the field work carried out by the museum-reserve staff, early Muslim mosques were revealed on the territory of the tower complexes Egikal, Khamhi, Falkhan, Lyalakh, Verkhniy Pyaling, Nizhniy Kyahk, Tsori, Gershki, Garakh, Kerbi, etc. The locations of these objects were determined, measurements and photofixation were made. The technical condition of some of them is extremely ruined, there are ruined buildings with the preservation of the foundation, and also partially destroyed with the possibility of full restoration.

These ancient mosques were destroyed during the emigration of our people to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Until 1944 in them they performed namaz, markhi - 1id, g1urban - 1id and ruzba our fathers-mountaineers.

With joint efforts, it is important for us to preserve these Islamic shrines, because these are not only monuments of archeology and architecture, but also the history of our nation and our religion.