Ukraine in Arabic | The Muslim community lead the festival of national cuisine in Odessa

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April 30 Muslim community in Odessa held a "Festival of national cuisine". The event was organized to unite people of different nationalities and cultures, as well as to tell what is Islam: traditions, culture and way of life.

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Started the event, as is customary according to the tradition of Islam, reading the Qur'an Ana.

The festival was attended by representatives of many nationalities, including Tatars, Turks, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Tajiks, representatives of the peoples of Dagestan, Chechens, Ukrainians, Arabs, Gypsies, Ukrainians, Russians, Turkmens, Bulgarians and Muslims of other nationalities.

To all the participants addressed the Imam of the city of Odessa — Sheikh Ilyas, who thanked all for attending and spoke about the high culture of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

Imam also stressed that Muslims as full citizens of Ukraine contribute to its development and preservation of integrity. Also greetings were given to the Deputy chief of management of culture and tourism, nationalities and religions of the Odessa regional state administration — Procesin I. V., Chairman Malinovskaya district administration — E. Omelchuk V., the President of the international Congress on protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens "Shield" — S. M. Daguerre, as well as the Chairman of the Board of the Odessa regional organization of national Union of journalists of Ukraine — Robotino Y. A. officials thanked for the invitation and wished rapid development and fruitful cooperation in the future.

In the end all participants of the festival were awarded with commemorative diplomas.