Mehriban Aliyeva visited the Center of Islamic Civilization in Tashkent

On August 23, the First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva and her daughter Leyla Aliyeva, together with the First Lady of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ziroat Mirziyoyeva and her daughters Saida and Shahnoza Mirziyoyeva, visited the Center of Islamic Civilization in Tashkent.

As reported by BAKU.WS, this center was established by a decision of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The center, covering an area of more than ten hectares, was built in the style of ancient architectural monuments of the city of Samarkand. It also features a 65-meter dome. The center has several departments, including a department for maintaining a national register of rare manuscripts, a manuscript fund, a library, and archives.

Items and works belonging to different historical periods are displayed here. The legacy of ancestors is demonstrated using modern technologies and digital devices. The center's building houses a library containing 100,000 manuscripts and more than one million books. The museum exhibition consists of the halls "Pre-Islamic Civilizations," "The Era of the First Renaissance," "The Era of the Second Renaissance," "Uzbekistan in the 20th Century," "New Uzbekistan - the Foundation of the Third Renaissance," and "The Holy Quran."

The hall "The Holy Quran," located in the center of the exhibition, houses the spiritual pearl of the Muslim world - the "Uthman Quran." Handwritten copies of the Quran created in different periods and its translations into the Uzbek language are also displayed here.

Hundreds of scholars, experts, religious and public figures participated in the implementation of the project. The center cooperates with a number of international organizations, including UNESCO and ICESCO.

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