Farewell in Islamic

The funeral of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov was held in Samarkand, Interfax reports . The mourning ceremony was opened by the Chairman of the State Commission for the Organization of the funeral, Prime Minister of the country Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The ceremony was held in the Samarkand residence of the head of state. The halls of the state, delegations of foreign countries, representatives of the public of the republic, and the media gathered in the hall. Russia is represented by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

At the request of Karimov, his funeral took place in accordance with Muslim customs. A trawl prayer for the Near the Madrases of Till-Coria on the famous Registan Square in Samarkand. The prayer was held by the Mufti of the Office of Uzbekistan Usmonhon Alimov. According to Muslim customs, only men participate in Dzhanaz-Namaz (memorial prayer), the number of which was several thousand in the square.

Karimov was buried in Samarkand in the historical cemetery of Shahi-Zinda, where his parents rest.

The center of Samarkand was completely blocked , automobile traffic is prohibited. Only residents of nearby houses could go through the cordons of police and armed special forces. Air space for civilian flights over Samarkand is also closed. The airport accepted only special flights with participants in a mourning procession from other countries.

The day before, the authorities of Uzbekistan published a medical opinion on the disease and the cause of the death of the president. As the document says, at about 9:00 on August 27, Karimov was brought to the hospital. He was diagnosed with a stroke. Soon, Karimov’s heart stopped, but he was reanimated. The president fell into the atonian who. Over the next days, the "persistent inhibition of the bioelectric activity of the brain" was observed, the internal organs stopped working. September 2 at 20:15 (18:15 Moscow time) Doctors recorded death. Karimov was observed by doctors from Russia, Germany, Monaco and Finland.

About 20 hours on Friday, Uzbekistan authorities officially announced the death of Karimov . Messages about his death were received during Friday from various news agencies, including Reuters and Interfax. However, the Uzbek authorities denied the death of the president.

The hospitalization of 78-year-old Karimov became known on Sunday . As the Cabinet of Council of the country reported, the head of state needs a "complete medical examination and subsequent treatment", which "will require a certain time."

On the night of August 30, the Ferghana news agency, referring to unnamed sources, said that Karimov had died after a stroke . According to the publication, death occurred on Monday at 15:35 on Tashkent. However, on Tuesday, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that the media reports about Karimov’s death did not find their confirmation. “We know about the disease (President of Uzbekistan.-Ed.), But in this case, we do not have some details,” added Peskov, noting that “it would be wrong to give some details from the health of the head of state of Uzbekistan from the Kremlin.”

On the night of Friday, the Uzbek media published a Cabinet of Ministers about the state of Karimov, which noted that the state of the Uzbek leader has sharply worsened over the past day . "With great heaviness in the heart, we inform you that last day in a state of our president there was a sharp deterioration and, according to doctors, it is evaluated as critical," the report said. In it, the Cabinet of Ministers confirms that the Uzbek leader suffered a stroke.

Karimov was born on January 30, 1938 in Samarkand. He is the first president of the Republic of Uzbekistan since the country gaining independence in 1991. In 1990-1992 - head of the government of Uzbekistan. In Soviet times, he served as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR (1989-1991).