On June 15, in the evening, the fifth regional iftar was held at the Kazan Tennis Academy.
Iftar began with the reading of Surahs of the Quran. The gathered broke their fast after the evening prayer.
Mufti of Tatarstan Kamil khazrat Samigullin told journalists that about 10,000 people took part in the regional Iftar.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President’s Administration Asgat Safarov, Minister of Health of the republic Adel Vafin, residents of the republic, as well as religious figures, including Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Theophan, Chief Rabbi of Tatarstan Yitzhak Gorelik, took part in the event.