Thousands of Muslim worshippers have been spotted flooding the streets of Uzbekistan for a mass prayer last night.

Stunning drone photos from the country's capital city Tashkent show crowds gathering to mark Laylat al-Qadr, which fell on the last Friday of the Islamic period of Ramadan.

Laylat al-Qadr, which means 'night of power', commemorates the first revelation of the Holy Quran to Prophet Muhammad and is the most important moment in Islamic history.

The delegation from Dagestan under the leadership of the Mufti of the Republic, the chairman of the Council of Ulama, sheikh Ahmad Afandi visited the grave of the great Sufi sheikh Zainullah Ishan Rasulev, informs the press service of the Dagestan Muslim religious administration.

The Dagestan delegation was accompanied by imams of two mosques in the city of Troitsk Ayazbek-hazrat Nurtyshev and Danis-hazrat Ahmetshin.

Last night the Muslim administration of Dagestan Republic held a collective iftar meals in one of the most ancient cities in the world – Derbent. The event was timed to the sacred night of Lailat ul-Qadr which is honored by the muslims all over the world.

Derbent is known as Bab ul-Abwab (in Arabic “The gates of the gates”) for it was the first place from where the religion of Islam has spread on the modern territory of Russia and Central Asia.

According to the decree signed by the head of the Dagestan Republic Vladimir Vasiliev, muslims of the region will have 5 rest days to celebrate the most important religious holiday for all muslims all over the world.

Thus the people in Dagestan will not work on June 5, 6 and 7. Including Saturday and Sunday the Dagestanis will get a total of 5 days off.

The Crimean regional office of the Association of psychological assistance to Muslims (APAM) under the Religious administration of Muslims of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol plans to hold a series of practical seminars and trainings aimed at resolving the psychological problems of the society.

A Muslim from Dagestan Bariyat Mirzaalieva showed the third result in the Russian archery championship among athletes with locomotor disabilities in the city of Aleksin, Tula region.

Mirzaalieva became the only medalist in the Dagestan team. This result is the best in the career of the archer in the championships of Russia.

It should be noted that she repeatedly became the winner of these competitions.

Mirzaalieva became one of the most successful athletes in Dagestan in archery even though she has been practicing this sport for several years. 

The Indonesian Embassy in Moscow hopes that the Indonesian Festival in Russian capital in August 2019 will gather 140 thousand visitors, reports Antaranews.

“About 130 thousand people attended our festival last. This year we plan to gather 140 thousand visitors”, said Indonesian ambassador to the Russian Federation Mohamad Vahid Supriyadi.

The festival will include a business forum, cultural program, performances and the exhibition of Indonesian products.

From day to day the Spiritual and educational center named after the Prophet Isa (peace be upon him) is becoming as a center for uniting people of different views, nationalities and confession under a common flag of cohesion and mutual respect. For this reason, from the very first day the Center's motto “Let's build a spiritual center together” serves as the most revealing appeal.

The Student Festival of the peoples of the World started in the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia on the 27 of February. More than 90 countries from all over the world take part in it. The Russian Federation at the festival is presented by the students of the Islamic University of Medina from Tatarstan.

In particular they presented the books of the publishing house "Khuzur" of the Religious Muslim administration of Tatarstan.