DUSHANBE, March 11, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- A republican scientific-practical conference devoted to the 1200th anniversary of the imam of hadith, Muhammad Ibn Ismail, popularly known as Al-Bukhari or Imam Bukhari, will take place in Dushanbe on March 12.

According to the Minister of Culture (MoC), organized by a MoC and the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, the conference is one of events dedicated to designation of Dushanbe as Capital of Islamic Culture for the year 2010.

The President of the Academy of Sciences Mamadsho Ilolov, Minister of Culture Mirzoshorukh Asrori as well as members of the visiting delegation of ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) Cultural Institute (ECI) and researchers will deliver statements at the conference.

Muhammad Ibn Ismail Ibn Ibrahim Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Bardizbah al-Bukhari, popularly known as Al-Bukhari or Imam Bukhari (194/810—256/870), was a famous Sunni Islamic scholar of Persian ancestry.  He  was, perhaps, best known for authoring the hadith collection named Sahih Bukhari, a collection which Sunni Muslims regard as the most authentic of all hadith compilations and the most authoritative book after the Qur’an.

It will be the second event dedicated to designation of Dushanbe as Capital of Islamic Culture for the year 2010.  We will recall that the republican scientific-practical conference entitled “The Tajiks and Islamic Culture” was held in Dushanbe last month.  Besides, a seminar entitled “Role of Woman in Islam” and a number of other events will take place in Tajikistan this year.