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January 5, 2006
The world's oldest Koran in old Tashkent
Visiting dignitaries from the Muslim world often turn up to see the Othman Koran in the depths of old Tashkent, so it is odd that it is still kept in such an out of the way location.
But the authoritarian Uzbek government has inherited a Soviet-era distrust of Islam, and still views much of its own Islamic history with suspicion.
The mufti's official religious establishment is closely watched and takes care not to attract too much attention to itself.
As a result, its greatest treasure, the world's oldest Koran, continues to sit quietly in the medieval quarter of old Tashkent.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Tashkent's hidden Islamic relic
Posted by thdyck on January 5, 2006
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