Schenkkan, Nate. “Islam Karimov and the Dictator’s Playbook”. 27 August 2016, an unconscious Karimov was taken to the Central Clinical Hospital, according to the official medical report by the government of Uzbekistan. According to the official medical report, numerous experts were consulted on Karimov’s condition on 27 and 28 August, including Gilles Dreyfus, medical director of the Cardiothoracic Center of Monaco; Juha Hernesniemi, professor emeritus of neurosurgery at the University of Helsinki; Amir Samii, medical director of the International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover; Hugo Katus of University Hospital Heidelberg and Leo Bokeria, the head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Moscow State Medical University. The State Council of Cuba declared 5 September as an official day of mourning due to the death of the President of Uzbekistan. On 10 June, during his official visit to Uzbekistan, UN Secretary General António Guterres visited Karimov’s grave. He was rigorously trained by Kratos during this time much to his frustration, though he remained unaware of why Kratos did it as the latter had foreseen his possible demise in the mural during their visit to Jotunheim, which Kratos only revealed to him later on. He underwent a CT scan that revealed he had suffered a “massive subarachnoid hemorrhage” (stroke).

He suffered another cardiac arrest at 20:15 UZT on 2 September and attempts to resuscitate him failed, and he was pronounced dead at 20:55 UZT (15:55 UTC). He went into cardiac arrest but cardiac activity was restored after 20 minutes of resuscitation attempts. It has been reported that since February 2014, Gulnara has been under house arrest. His elder daughter Gulnara Karimova is an Uzbekistani diplomat, professor and businessperson. However, his first daughter is seen as less than altruistic and allegations that her “organizations” are mere front organizations for her vast business holdings and image propping propaganda are well documented. His daughter Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva reported that he was in stable condition at an intensive care ward. On 31 August, Karimova-Tillyaeva cited possible “recovery”, thus implying that her father was still alive. Karimova-Tillyaeva stated that public support was helping him recover and pleaded with the public not to speculate on his condition. Karimov’s health problems were a public conversation, but until 2016, Karimov’s health was never discussed by government officials and any information was closely guarded.

Other high-ranking officials of Azerbaijan, India, the United Arab Emirates, as well as Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the United States Thomas Shannon also paid tribute to Karimov. On 6 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Samarkand to pay tribute to Karimov. In addition, Putin met with the relatives of the deceased and expressed condolences to them. He laid roses to Karimov’s grave, met his wife, and held talks with Interim President Mirziyoyev. He laid a bouquet of red roses, prayed beside his grave, and met Karimov’s wife. Kneeling in front of the grave of the first President of Uzbekistan, the Russian leader laid a bouquet of red roses. Karimov married his first wife, Natalya Petrovna Kuchmi, in 1964 and they had a son together, Petr, before divorcing. Faith is the first and foremost pillar of Islam. Karimov and his second wife Tatyana Akbarovna Karimova share five grandchildren: (Islam Karimova Jr., Iman Karimova, Mariam Tillyaeva, Umar Tillyaev, Safiya Tillyaeva). On 1 November, a square in the Yakimanka district in the center of Moscow was named after Islam Karimov. According to Yakubov, President Karimov personally ordered government troops to fire on the protestors. According to Ikram Yakubov, a major in Uzbekistan’s secret service who defected to Britain in 2007, the government had “propped up” the Islamist organization Akramia, which the Uzbek government blamed for fomenting the incident that led to the protests.

His funeral service was held at Registan Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Grim & Finke. Dr Grim is senior researcher in religion and world affairs at the Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C, USA. A large number of world leaders, including the Presidents of the United States, China, Russia, and India immediately expressed their condolences. The ceremony was attended by delegations of 17 foreign countries, including Emomali Rahmon, president of Tajikistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, president of Turkmenistan and Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan, as well as Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, among other various level state representatives from the People’s Republic of China, India, South Korea, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates. For instance, by allowing religious institutions the power to create legally recognized marriage and grant legally recognized divorce, the state is transferring to them regulatory power in a crucial area ofpublic life. Vainglory is akin to “excessive boasting,” while pride, in a religious sense, is “hubris” or thinking too highly of yourself and your abilities. Santa Muerte raises another question that comes up in relation to many other new religious movements: How far off from an established religion does a new movement have to veer before it’s considered its own separate religion?