The popularity of Islamic leaders in Uzbekistan is growing. With the rise of the internet and relative freedom of speech, imams and preachers are regaining influence they had lost – first to Soviet ...

When Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev first told the United Nations General Assembly in 2017 that his country planned to establish an Islamic Civilization Center, the ambition was clear: this ...

The first specialized academy of higher learning in Uzbekistan devoted exclusively to Islamic studies has been registered by the Justice Ministry in seemingly more evidence of a growing embrace of ...

Four times taller than the Hollywood sign and around seven times larger than the White House, Uzbekistan’s newest cultural center is a monument of epic proportions. Part museum, part academic research ...

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