On December 6, Organizing Committee of Qur’an Competition held a meeting at the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan. Abdulhakim qori Matkulov gave detailed information about the organizational works carried out by his team.
Particularly, he mentioned the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s initiative on organizing Qur’an Contest which he expressed on September 1, 2017 while visiting “Khazrati Imam” complex. The leader of organizing committee also mentioned that candidates for the contest participation are still being registered, contest judges are being trained and the trained judges are visiting regions for training regional judges, wall papers and posters are being printed, all the activities of the organizing committee are being covered on various websites.
Usmankhan Alimov, chairman of Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, muftiy gave detailed instructions on holding all regional stages of the competition in a high spirit. Muftiy stressed that any form of nepotism must be strictly avoided. In his speech Usmankhan Alimov noted that a number of international experts are observing the organizational process which would lay the bases for the future international contests. A special gratitude was expressed for the initiative and all the support fostered by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan.
The meeting ended with by Yahya qori Turdiev’s sincere prayers.









As part of the “Week of Tolerance”, which encompasses various events aimed at strengthening interethnic and interfaith friendship, harmony, and solidarity across our country, a photo exhibition entitled “Uzbekistan – The Land of Tolerance” was held at the Tashkent House of Photography.
The event was attended by representatives and staff of the Committee on Interethnic Relations and Friendly Ties with Foreign Countries, the Committee on Religious Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, activists of national cultural centers and friendship societies, representatives of religious confessions, and members of the media.
The exhibition featured more than 100 photographs reflecting events organized in cooperation with national cultural centers and friendship societies, as well as the lifestyle, culture, and traditions of various ethnic and religious communities living in Uzbekistan.
It should be noted that today, over 130 nationalities and ethnic groups, along with representatives of 16 religious confessions, live in Uzbekistan in an atmosphere of tolerance, friendship, and unity. Events held within the framework of the Week of Tolerance are among the noble initiatives that call the peoples of the world to peace and solidarity.
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan – Press Service