Riyadh, June 1, 2022

The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a new circular to all air carriers operating in the Kingdom’s airports, including private airlines, not to allow passengers carry Zamzam water bottles inside their baggage on board flights departing from the Kingdom’s airports, Saudigazette reports.

The circular stipulates that all airlines departing from the Saudi Arabian airports must not allow travelers to put Zamzam packages inside their baggage.

Sevastopol, June 1, 2022

The first of June is counted as International Children's Day. On this occasion the Crimean Muslim Charitable Foundation on behalf of the Mufti of the Muslim Administration of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Haji Emirali Ablaev, visited the children of the Social Rehabilitation Department for children and adolescents with physical and mental disabilities. The department workers call this day traditionally as the Holiday of Good Mood.

Kazan, May 31, 2022

The All-Russian Forum of Muslim Youth was held in Tatarstan city of Bolgar on July 23-31, Islam.ru website reports. The event was organized within the framework of the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam in the Volga Bolgaria. Muslims both male and female from 18 to 30 years participated in the forum, Muslim Religious Administration of Tatarstan reports.

Makhachkala, May 30, 2022

Muslims in Dagestan decided to show respect to the relics of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) by spreading carpets along the route of a column of cars carrying the shrines.

The video of cars driving straight across carpets has gone viral online. The incident occurred near the village of Koroda, Gunibsky district.

Donetsk, May 27, 2022

Russia will help the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to restore two Orthodox churches and two mosques. It was stated on Friday by the head of the Council of Imams of Muslim Religious Administration of the DPR, the chairman of the Muslim community of Donetsk, Rashid Bragin.

Murmansk, May 27, 2022

Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Albir Krganov discussed at a working meeting with the Governor of the Murmansk Region Andrey Chibis a wide range of issues on bilateral cooperation and the development of state-confessional relations in the region.

Kazan, May 26, 2022

Tatarstan plans to slaughter up to 17,000 sacrificial animals during the Eid al-Adha celebrations, told Rustam Hazrat Valiullin, Chairman of the Central Audit Commission of Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan at a press conference in Tatar-inform.

Khasavyurt, May 26, 2022

The All-Russian competition of young Islamic scholars and hafiz in memory of Saidbeg Daitov was held in the southern Dagestan city of Khasavyurt, Islam.ru website reports.

Riyadh, May 4, 2022

The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has set the end date of the Umrah season for those who are coming from outside Saudi Arabia, SaudiGazette reports.

The ministry clarified that the Umrah season for those who are coming from outside the Kingdom on an Umrah visa will close at the end of the 30th of Shawwal.

Makhachkala, May 4, 2022

The Republic of Dagestan received the largest hajj quota among Russian regions. Bulat Kurbanov, general director of the Dagestan hajj operator Marwa-tour, told Islam.ru website. More than 4.5 thousand residents of Dagestan will have chance to make a pilgrimage to the shrines of Islam in Mecca and Medina.

This year more than 11 thousand pilgrims from Russia will be able to perform Hajj.