On the conference “Uzbekistan – Homeland for the Great Thinkers of Islamic World”

in Samarkand and Bukhara

November 12, 2007

The international scientific and practical conference “Uzbekistan – Homeland for the Great Thinkers of Islamic World” will be held on November 13-14 in the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. The conference is held in connection with announcement of Tashkent by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) as the capital of Islamic culture in 2007.

The conference “Uzbekistan – Homeland for the Great Thinkers of Islamic World” is a logical continuation of the International scientific and practical conference “Uzbekistan’s contribution to the development of Islamic civilization”, which was held on August 14-15, 2005 in the cities of Tashkent and Samarkand and received a broad resonance in the Muslim world.

More than 60 participants including 24 scientists from the Middle East countries are participating at this held in Samarkand and Bukhara under the ISESCO auspices.

Upon their arrival in Tashkent the participants of the conference early morning of November 12 traveled to Samarkand by special train. In Samarkand the guests were acquainted with historical and architectural places of interest and visited the Memorial Complex of Imam al-Bukhariy.

The conference will start its work in Samarkand on November 13 and will continue in Bukhara. The participants of the conference including the prominent Uzbek and foreign scientists and historians will address the issues related to the study of the role of great scientists and theologians, the natives of Uzbekistan – to the development of the world and Islamic civilization.

For over the years of independence much has been accomplished in the country on the profound and comprehensive study of lives and activity of the theologians, scientists and thinkers who were born on the soil of ancient Movarounnakhr - Imam Bukhariy, Imam at-Termiziy, Imam Moturidiy, Makhmud Zamakhshariy, Burkhaniddin Marghinoniy, Bakhouddin Nakshband, Muhammad Khorazmiy, Akhmad Farghoniy, Abu Raikhon Beruniy, Abu Ali ibn Sino, Mirzo Ulughbek, Alisher Navoiy – and had attained a profound fame in Islamic world thanks to their scientific feat and great discoveries.

The International scientific and practical conference “Uzbekistan – Homeland of the Great Thinkers of Islamic World” will be covered by the Uzbek and foreign mass media accredited in the country.