Central Asia is one of the regions where Islam spread the earliest, from mid-seventh century on wards, and interacted productively with thelocal cultures. in consequence the region is marked by a multi-faith structure which produced intellectuals, philosophers and artists of varied cultural backgrounds. Within this framework, the Islamic culture that flourished here gave birth to eminent theologians and jurists, philosophers, astronomers and mathematicians.Someof theleadingcentersof civilization developedin Central Asian cities. Theseandother multifarious aspects of Central Asian Islamic cultural history were addressed by the participants in the conference on Islamic Civilization in Central Asia which was held in Astana, Kazakhstan in September 2010. Thepresentbook in two volumes records this contribution for thebenefit of the worldof learning. The first volume contains 31papers presented in English and the second, 38 papers in either Russian or Kazakh.