Muslims in Moscow celebrate Eid

Muslims from all corners of the globe celebrated the beginning of Eid al-Adha on Sunday, including Muslims in Russia and Central Asia.

The holiday, which is also known as the festival of sacrifice, is referred to as Kurban Bairam in the region.

Worshippers in the Russian capital of Moscow gathered at the mosque in the city's center to pray and listened to the chairman of Russia's mufti council read out speeches by the Russian president and prime minister on the occasion of Eid.

According to Tartarstan resident Haji Lukmakhan Mokhzinzadi, Muslims in Moscow had more religious liberty than their European counterparts in, for example, Holland where they recently banned the burqa.

"Moscow is a peaceful city, so I don't think that what's happening in Europe (such as bans on headscarves, burqas and street prayers) will happen in Moscow because the capital is developing at a stable pace. The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, is competent and professional and I don't think that such incidents will happen," said Mokhzinzadi, who has been living in the Russian capital for eight years.

Muslims comprise a seventh of Russia's entire population and are the largest religious minority. It is estimated that 1.5 million Muslims reside in the capital.

The mosque is currently undergoing construction and is due for completion by 2014 or 2015.

Speaker:

Haji Lukmakhan Mokhzinzadi - Tartarstan resident

By Noora Faraj
Al Arabiya with Agencies

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[manword1]

ALLAH AKBAR!

And Eid Mubarak to everyone ^^

[covertgreen]

wow i never knew that muslims were loved so much in Russia. that's great Russia you are good people.

[jenmin100]

ill umi naughty will get its next fluff from textspeaking kjv geneis in reverse? halo jinn el

[redneck10ivan]

In the Russian Empire, many different religions.))

[redneck10ivan]

@datvsbling In Chechnya is all peaceful.

[hailtheswastika1996]

@germaniajim6 im learning russian so i can in the furture be part of the format 18 but first we need to clean out russia so we can move further to europe. i hope it is nice living in germany

[germaniajim6]

@hailtheswastika1996 fuckin mussie pigs, kwhat a perfect spot to toss in a hundred grenades for maximum effect, kill as many as you can brother, kill as many as you can.

[hailtheswastika1996]

@germaniajim6 your right, hope one day that the nationalist will kill the rotten cancer we call islam so we can march on our own streets again . hope you will be on our site my brother

[germaniajim6]

where are the nationalists? at least they know who they are now. No mosques in russia!!

[poopmcscoopface]

god i wish russia nukes chechnya and kicks all these fuckers up

[Vunduva]

Can all the haters please fck off!

[B3njob93]

STUPID PAKI CUNTS