In 2007 ISESCO (the structure of IOC) announced Tashkent as the capital of Islamic culture.
Every year this organization announces three cities to be the Islamic cultural centers. One of the cities must be from Arabic countries, another one from Asia and the third one from Africa.
On IX conference of the ministers of culture of OIC three cities: Bukhara, Cairo (Egypt) and Bamako (Mali) were chosen as Islamic cultural centers of 2020.
Actually Bukhara has been Islamic cultural center for centuries. It was named as “The dome of Islam”. There is great meaning in the selection of Bukhara as the Islamic cultural center of 2020. It is worth mentioning that thousands of scholars who have contributed to the world civilization were born, lived and studied in this city.
Azamjon Abdurakhimov
The teacher of Tashkent Islamic Universities
“Study of Islamic civilization ISESCO” department
The Council's activities are aimed at developing international standards for the regulation and supervision of Islamic financial institutions, to implement effective corporate governance and risk management mechanisms, as well as to conduct research and capacity building of the staff in this field, and to assist member organisations in these matters.
Membership in this organization will enable the Central Bank to explore the experience of other countries and implement best international practices
in the regulation and supervision of Islamic financial institutions.
For reference: The Council was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Currently, the Council has 188 members, including 81 regulators and supervisors, 10 international intergovernmental organisations, 97 market participants. Also, the financial regulators of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are members of the Council.