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On October 2, an international conference on the theme ‘Religion and Multilingualism: The Dissemination of the Qur’an and Islamic Literature in European and Asian Societies’ commenced in Samarkand, organized in cooperation with the Imam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center, the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale,’ and the ERC-SYNERGY EuQu (‘European Qur’an’) project.
At the opening of the conference, Shovosil Ziyodov, Director of the Imam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center, Roberto Tottoli, Rector of the University of Naples, and Professor Davide Scotto of the University of Pavia highlighted the significance of the event. They discussed how the Qur’an has been received and interpreted across different regions, as well as the ongoing scholarly research in this field, emphasizing the importance of international academic collaboration.
During the scientific sessions on the first day of the forum, a number of distinguished scholars delivered presentations. The initial panels of the first session focused on the translation and dissemination of the Qur’an in European countries.
Discussions included presentations on the spread of the Qur’an in Arabic and Romance languages among Muslim minorities in Spain during the 16th–18th centuries, the interpretations of various languages by Franciscan scholars, and the French translation of the work ‘Aqidatun Nasafiya’.
In the subsequent panels of the session, the focus shifted to the religious texts of Muslims in Europe, their genre characteristics, and the analysis of historical commentaries and annotations from the 17th to 19th centuries.
The final panel of the day featured scholarly presentations on Qur’an translations in regions with significant Tatar and Kurdish populations, their political and cultural impact in the South Caucasus, as well as aspects of 19th-century Islamic literature.
The first day, marked by lively discussions and engaging debates, was recognized for its richness and relevance. Scholars from Italy, Spain, France, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Turkey presented new insights and analyses on historical processes related to the dissemination of the Qur’an and Islamic literature across Europe and Asia.
Imam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center
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