Mecca, January 11, 2021

The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques announced that the presidency has facilitated the performance of rituals by more than six million Umrah pilgrims and worshipers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca since the gradual resumption of the Umrah service and visit to the Two Holy Mosques, SaudiGazette reports.

Riyadh, January 8, 2021

Saudi Arabia has decided to lift the temporary travel ban and resume all international flights, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday citing a statement from the Ministry of Interior.

The move, which will come into force on March 31, 2021, includes the following measures:

1. Citizens will be allowed to travel outside the Kingdom and come back.

2. The temporary ban on international flights will be lifted.

Kazan, December 30, 2020

16 new mosques were opened in Tatarstan in 2020, the press office of the Muslim Religious Administration of Tatarstan reports. “The houses of Allah appeared in Tukayevsky, Arsky, Alekseevsky, Bavlinsky, Sabinsky, Nizhnekamsky, Elabuga, Mendeleevsky, Buinsky, Alkeevsky and Pestrechinsky districts of the republic”, the press office noted.

Kazan, December 29, 2020

Kazan plans to hold the XI Forum of Muslim Youth in January 20-24, 2021. This time, the annual gathering will be held separately for the girls. It will be focused on the topic of healing. As the Almighty said in the Last Scripture: “The Day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit. Only those who come before Allah with a pure heart will be saved.”

Kazan, December 15, 2020

Charity Fund “Zakat” has resumed its charity dinners for those in need, the press office of Muslim religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan. Free portions of hot food were distributed in the park along Burkhan Shahidi Street in Kazan. Within an hour, the fund’s employees fed more than 50 people: those in need were given salad, first and second courses, bread and tea. The organizers plan to hold similar initiatives every Friday in future.

Makhachkala, December 14, 2020

The restoration of the Juma Mosque of the VIII century in the oldest Dagestan city Derbent is planned to be completed in 2022, Islam.ru website reports. The mosque is the oldest one in Russia. At the moment, the project is being finalized taking into account a number of features that were discovered by the restorers at the initial stage of work, told TASS agency the director of the Derbent Museum-Reserve, Viktor Chesnokov.

Omsk, December 9, 2020

Omsk hosts the Fifth Reporting and Election Congress of the Centralized Religious Organization Muslim Religious Administration of the Asian Part of Russia under the leadership of Mufti Nafigulla Ashirov. From 8 to 10 December, the heads of the religious administrations of Muslims (muftiyats) from different cities of Russia will work at the Aurora Hotel, reports “Omsk.zdes” newspaper.

Ufa, December 8, 2020

Introducing a “halal mortgage” in Russia (i.e. the difference between the cost of goods and the price of its sale is imposed on the loan) was discussed within the framework of the international business week in Ufa, the press office of the State Committee of Bashkiria on Foreign Economic Relations reports.

Sevastopol, December 7, 2020

Public organization of Muslim women of Crimea “Bullyur” under Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and the educational project “Faidaly Ilim” were recognized as the best in Russia.

Birobidzhan, December 7, 2020

Mufti of the Russian Far East met with the governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region Rostislav Ernstovich Goldstein on Monday, December 7. Ahmad Hazrat conveyed words of greetings and congratulations on behalf of the Supreme Mufti of the Central Muslim Religious Administration of Russia, to the governor on assuming office and being elected as the secretary of the regional branch of the “Yedinaya Rossiya” party.