by VK
The Moscow International Halal Exhibition 2012 opened on June 7
Ravil Gaynutdin, Chairman of Russian Muftis
We have made a serious path of development in the last 10 years. The Russian Council of Muftis developed rules and standardы for Halal products. Our rules, our standard has become the standard for manufacturing of Halal products in Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Belarus. And we started certifying Halal products of companies that began producing Halal products. Such exhibitions allow us to popularize and promote development of Halal industry in Russia and CIS states.
Within the framework of brotherly, allied relations between our CIS states and support of ideology, proposed by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev for development of Eurasian ideology on the former USSR space, the ideology gained support of our president Vladimir Putin. We, Muslim religious organizations and Muslims activists, are on the way of integration and alliance. And today we, supporting the policy are presidents realize, assist in strengthening brotherly ties between our states, between our peoples. Thank God that today we can say that we managed to unite the alliances, structures involved in certification and formation of Halal enterprises on the Kazakhstan-Russia-Belarus space. The association of certification and standardization of Halal products in Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus was formed this year.
We find full support and understanding of our authorities, ministries and structures and the Moscow government. We thank them for this support.
Our third exhibition is< I believe, a reason for thoughts. The first international Halal exhibition had visitors from a few states and some dozens of companies starting production of in various regions and states. The third exhibition this year gives us pridce that specialists for standardization, certification and Halal production from over 20 states have arrived. Over 100 companies producing Halal products attend the exhibition and their number will grow. I thank everyone of you and pray to Allah to bring us success in promoting ideology of Halal industry and Halal-Islamic banking.
I thank all our guests that arrived even from South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Iran and other Arab states, and our manufacturers from Russian regions, Dagestan, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and other regions and republics. Thanks to you, we can form comfortable life conditions for our citizens of Islam.
Yuri Artyukh, hea of the Department for Interregional Cooperation of National Policy and Links with Religious Organizations of Moscow
There is no more strived for goal than keeping peace for the Moscow government, stability and prosperity, mutual understanding of confessions, peoples living in the multi-million city of Moscow. In order to understand and respect each other, live together in peace and consent, we need to know each other, each other's traditions and customs.
Today's Moscow Halal Expo opens a huge world of Halal for Moscow inhabitants, guests. Halal is not just food products, it is cosmetics, medicaments, children's food. It is a lifestyle. They are the products and goods that became a synonym of quality, healthy way of life and the good sides of life.
