Moscow banned ritual sacrifice within city limits on Eid al-Adha holiday

Rasa - Muslims living in Moscow will not perform the rite of sacrifice on the day of Eid al-Adha within the city boundary.

News ID: 1204

Date: 21 September 2014 - 21:42

RNA - In an interview with the Russian-based Islamic information portal Mufti of Moscow and the chief imam of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque Ildar Hazrat Alyautdinov said: “Muslims living in Moscow will not perform the rite of sacrifice on the day of Eid al-Adha within the city boundary"

"If such happens, it will be clearly someone planned provocation to denigrate two million population of the capital of Russia", - said the theologian. Ildar Hazrat Alyautdinov also said that Russia's Muslims are very civilized and cultured, they respect the laws and practices of other religions.

Ildar Hazrat said that there haven’t organized special places to carry out the ritual of sacrifice in the city of Moscow. This is the decision of the Moscow authorities. But in the suburbs there are many places where Muslims will be able to conduct this ritual. It is basically private farms, where all the conditions for the slaughtering of animals have been created. Moscow Muslims and Muslims who live in the region, as well as Muslims from other places will get an opportunity to perform all the prescribed rituals of Eid al-Adha with ease thanks to these private farms.

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