Ufa hosts conference on the high aims and values of Islam

On 14–15 October, Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, hosted the XVII International Scientific-Practical Conference “The High Aims and Values of Islam”, held as part of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia. About 400 people, including Muslim community members, public figures, experts and guests from CIS countries, attended.

Supreme Mufti Talgat Tajuddin presented the “Iman and Honor” order to relatives of two imams who died during the special military operation. Bashkortostan head Radiy Khabirov said no religious conflicts had occurred in the republic, and noted that about 10,000 foreign students study at its universities.

Gulnara Ganieva, deputy head of the Islamic Civilizations Centre in Uzbekistan, said the centre had developed more than 800 research projects, 250 of which have been implemented. She proposed a joint strategy for 2027–2030 for a union of Russian and Central Asian religious scholars.