Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - Currently, 2 thousand 276 religious organizations operate in Uzbekistan, including 183 non-Islamic religious organizations, of which 8 are Jewish communities, 6 Bahai communities and one Jehovah’s Witnesses, one Hare Krishna society, one Buddhist temple, as well as an interfaith Bible society and others that represent 16 different faiths.

The International Research Center of Imam Bukhari, the Center for Islamic Civilization, the Center for Christians of the Full Gospel of Uzbekistan, the Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians - Baptists of Uzbekistan and others also operate in the country.

Also in recent years, religious organizations such as the Pentecostal Church “Light to the World”, the Church of the Evangelical Christians “Sun God” in Tashkent region and the Church of the Evangelical Christians Baptists in Khorezm region, as well as the Kokand Church of the Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) have registered with the justice authorities.

In the second half of 2019, the Tashkent Church of Full Gospel Christians “Logos”, the Renaissance Church - (the city of Navoi, Navoi region.), The Vera Church - (the city of Samarkand, Samarkand region), the Church of the Evangelical Christians Baptists (the city of Gulistan) and the Church of the Evangelical Christians "House of Bread" (Jizzakh city) were registered.

This information was presented during the “round table” on the topic “Guaranteeing freedom of religion - an important foundation of an open civil society”, held at the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The discussion was attended by representatives of relevant ministries and departments, public organizations and religious denominations, experts in the field of religion, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Tashkent.