Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has approved the plan for Muslim feasts
for 2011, RIA Novosti reports.
Moscow will see Uraza-Bayram on August 30, Kurban-Bayram on November
6. They will be held at the Shukhada Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill, the
Historic Mosque of Bolshaya tatarskaya Street, the Moscow Cathedral
Mosque and Yardam.
Earlier reports said the celebrations would be held at the pavilion N2
in Sokolniki. The Mufti of Moscow and the Central Region of Russia
Albir Krganov and head of the department for religious links, Yuri
Artyukh, reached an agreement.
Pavilion N2 covers about 5,000 square meters. It can hold 8,000 people.
Last year had Internet photos of blocked traffic and sacrifices on the
street at the Kurban-Bayram. This year Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin
was asked to start the prayers for Muslims.
Uraza-Bayram is one of the main Islamic feasts, which concludes the
fasting of Ramadan.
Kurban-Bayram is a sacrificial day. It lasts several days. Muslims are
to make a sacrifice of a sheep, horse or cattle. Kurban-Bayram is a
time when Muslims can make pilgrimage to the Mecca.
