As a result of reforms in religious sphere, a number of mosques are being reopened and reconstructed.
One of such works has been done in Chust city of Namangan region. Prominent chef in Uzbekistan Bahriddin Chustiy notes the following:
Баҳриддин Чустий ижтимоий тармоқлардаги шахсий саҳифаси қуйидаги сўзларни ёзиб қолдирган:
“When I was young, there was the mosque on the way to my school. I used to listen to the beautiful azan (prayer for call) and elder people would bring the joy by their attendance. But, for some unknown reasons the mosques had been closed in 1998.”
Several attempts have been done to reopen this mosque for the past years, but all unsuccessful. Thanks to the initiatives of our President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, this mosque has also been permitted to reconstruct. There is hope that this mosque start functioning until the beginning of the Ramadan.
Press Service,
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
A ceremony for awarding authorization certificates was held at the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan for mosque muezzins who successfully completed advanced training programs.
The event was attended by the Chairman of the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Mufti Sheikh Nuriddin Kholiqnazar, as well as the Head of the Department of Qur’an and Tajwid Education, Sheikh Alijon Qori Fayzulloh, who delivered speeches on the occasion.
Over the past five years, online and offline training sessions on the call to prayer (adhan) and iqamah were conducted for more than two thousand muezzins from the Republic of Karakalpakstan, various regions, and the city of Tashkent. During the ceremony, the Mufti and Sheikh Alijon Qori awarded "Ijaza" certificates to 70 muezzins.
Certificates of appreciation were also presented to the instructors who conducted the training courses under the leadership of Sheikh Alijon Qori.
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
Press Service