N. YEMELYANOVA Candidate of Historical Sciences R. ZIGANSHIN Candidate of Philosophical Sciences The International Scientific and Practical Conference "Islam: Tradition and Ethics"was held in Egypt in May 2007. The initiative to hold the Islamic Studies forum was put forward by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, based on scientific developments in the framework of the Program of Fundamental Research of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Adaptation of peoples and cultures to changes in the natural environment, social and technological transformations". The conference was co-organized by the International Association "Peace through Culture-Europe", the Eurasia Dialogue Platform, and the International Institute for Peace in the Caucasus. The idea of holding it was supported by the Ministry of Culture of Egypt and the Egyptian Foreign Policy Council (EEAS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Cairo University, Ain Shams University, Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies. Egypt as the host country of the conference was not chosen by chance. Egypt occupies a special place in the Arab world, being its cultural and scientific center. Here you can recall the following Arabic proverb:"Syria is the heart of the Arab world, Egypt is its head." Preparations for the conference were carried out throughout the year. In May 2006, two cooperation agreements were signed between the Institute of Oriental Studies and the Russian Centers of Science and Culture (RCSC) in Cairo and Alexandria. In November 2006 and February 2007, preparatory trips to Egypt were made by members of the organizing committee of the conference. Meetings and consultations were held with Deputy Minister of Culture of Egypt Ibrahim Fahmy, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Arab Republic of Egypt Mikhail Bogdanov, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Alexandria Dmitry Kurakov. The conference was a significant event in the scientific and cultural life ... Читать далее