Makhachkala, May 25, 2020

The authorities of Dagestan capital proceed to hold measures to prevent the further spread of coronavirus infection. According to the decision of the mayor of Makhachkala, Salman Dadaev, two disinfecting complexes were installed at the entrance to the Central Mosque of the capital that could help to tackle the spread of Covid-19.

Makhachkala, May 25, 2020

Famous Russian football players, members of national football team Georgy Dzhikia and brothers Alexey and Anton Miranchuk supported Dagestan combating COVID-19. According to the Russian national team’s Twitter, the football players sent to Dagestan Republic all the necessary equipment to deal with coronavirus.

Earlier this month the local football club Anji provided the necessary medicines and protective equipment for the Caspian hospital.

Kazan, May 25, 2020

The organizers of the initiative “Ramadan - Month of Good Deeds” summed up the results of the annual charity event at the press conference held on May 25 at the Tatar-Inform news agency. The program provides assistance to seriously ill children, poor families and needy citizens.

Kazan, May 20, 2020

“We cannot let our mosques to become the epicenters of a new coronavirus infection spread. We have no rights to endanger health and lives of people”, said the Mufti of Tatarstan, Kamil Hazrat Samigullin in his address to believers on the eve of the Eid ul-Fitr (Uraza-Bairam) holiday, published on the website of Muslim Religious Administration of Tatarstan.

Pyatigorsk, May 20, 2020

The Muftiyat of the Stavropol Krai suspended worship in mosques and prayer houses during the celebration of Eid ul-Fitr (Uraza Bairam) due to the coronavirus infection spread. The decree of the Mufti of the region Muhammad-haji Rakhimov is published on the website of a religious organization.

“Due the difficult epidemiological situation, I hereby decree to suspend Uraza Bairam's festive services in mosques and prayer houses in the Stavropol Krai”, the document says.

Moscow, May 20, 2020

The head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Albir Hazrat Krganov urged the global community to lift the sanctions and join the efforts of world countries in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, reported RIA Novosti.

“We appeal to all countries of the world to combine their intellectual, scientific and creative potential in developing a vaccine that will help to overcome the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic”, Krganov said.

Ufa, May 18, 2020

The festive of Uraza Bayram (Eid ul-Fitr) in Bashkiria will be held without the presence of believers in mosques. This was announced by the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, at the strategy meeting.

“We cannot allow the people to gather on the day of Eid this year. We offer holding online broadcasting festive services by analogy with Easter”, said the head of the region.

Moscow, May 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin wished good health to the Mufti of Dagestan, Sheikh Ahmad-Afandi. The Mufti on Monday took part in the videoconference meeting, which the head of state held with the authority and public representatives of Dagestan Republic. Putin thanked the religious leader of Dagestan for his speech, in which he, in particular, focused on health problems and the situation with coronavirus in the region.

Moscow, May 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin called upon the Muslims of the country to heed the muftis and celebrate the Eid ul-Fitr (Uraza-Bairam) holiday at home, as well as to refuse congregational prayers and the tradition of gathering on the festive day.

Kazan, May 13, 2020

“Zakat” charity fund of Muslim Religious Administration of Tatarstan continues to distribute lunch boxes for breaking fasts during Ramadan to those in need. The initiative is held within the framework of the VIII-th Republican Iftar campaign. Some 18’000 iftar meals boxes have already been sent to 30 Muslim communities of the republic, 40 mosques in Kazan and Islamic religious institutions of the region as well.