Islamic Civilization Chair Launched in Tashkent University
According to isesco.org.ma website, t was officially launched on Saturday in a ceremony attended by a number of academic, political and cultural figures.
Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), was also present at the event.
The chair is aimed at promoting studies on Islamic sciences and civilization and providing a venue for scholars and thinkers to exchange views in these fields.
It has been set up in line with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Tashkent Islamic University and ISESCO’s Union of Muslim World Universities earlier this year.
Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia.
Islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, as Muslims constitute some 80 percent of the population while 5 percent follow Russian Orthodox Christianity.
