Holiday prayer in Kremlin

On March 6, a holiday prayer devoted to the sacred Moslem holiday Kurban-bairam was performed in Kul Sharif Mosque by Moslem priests - imams, kazies (Moslem judges) and other representatives of Tatarstan religious community.

Before it Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev received the Moslem clergy, who marked positive changes for the last three years after the united congress of Tatarstan Moslems.



At the beginning of "perestroyka" there were 23 mosques in the republic, today their number exceeds 900. 804 Moslem religious associations function in the republic. This is due to increasing public interest to Islam, to century-old traditions. For the first time the Islam University is opened in Russia, Islam madrasahs successfully work in Tatarstan.

Mintimer Shaimiev said that it is necessary to improve religious policy, taking into account the republicІs peculiarities, multinational and multiconfessional structure, traditions and customs of the Tatar people, level of education.