Imams in Sirdarya region are holding meetings with youth
Imams of Sirdarya region are organizing meetings in educational establishments under the motto “Enlightenment against illiteracy”.
During December it is planned to make speeches on “Prevention of crime and suicide attempts among young people”, “Iyman – purity”, “Liability and responsibility of children”.
Presentation makers talked about parents’ and children’s rights and liabilities by advising on delicate topics such as material and spiritual cleanliness, introduced a lot of information on how encroachment on others rights, life, property and dignity are considered to be a sin, suicide is not solution for the problem and it is possible to build one’s own happiness only by patience and hard work.
Imams answered all questions interested by young people.
Press service,
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
International recognition of Uzbekistan’s cultural heritage
As previously reported, following the results of the 48th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, held in Busan, Republic of Korea, ten outstanding architectural monuments of Tashkent modernism of the second half of the 20th century received international recognition at once.
This was the result of the state policy pursued by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev aimed at preserving, studying and popularizing the national cultural heritage.
The UNESCO World Heritage List includes: the Jemchug Residential Building, the State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, the Peoples’ Friendship Palace, the State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent State Circus building, the Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, the National Palace of Cinema of Uzbekistan, the Chorsu market, the Cosmonauts metro station, and the Sun Heliocomplex.
These monuments represent a harmonious blend of modernist ideas and Central Asian architectural traditions.
Gayane Umerova, Chairman of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation and Chairman of the National Commission for UNESCO, stressed that the inclusion of these sites in the World Heritage List returns an important part of the modern architectural history of Uzbekistan to the international context of the heritage of the 20th century and the world modernist movement, and also imposes a long-term responsibility to preserve these buildings with maximum professional care, to ensure their integral role in the life of the city and to pass on knowledge about them to future generations.
B. Khudoyberdiyev, UzA
