Islamic community stands for making Easter an official feast

Interfax
April 15, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1601/islamic-community-stands-for-making-easter

Excerpt:

Muslim community of Russia backed up the idea of celebrating Easter at official federal level.

"Orthodox make a majority here and have good reason to celebrate Easter at federal level," First Deputy Chairman of Muslim Religious Administration of Russian European Region Damir Gizatullin has said on Wednesday.

Thus, he commented on Petersburg lawmakers address to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with the request to make Orthodox Easter all-Russian feast.

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