Today is celebrated Uraza-Bayram, or the holiday of dispersal

Uraza Bayram is one of the two main days in the Muslim calendar. It is celebrated on the first day of the month following the sacred month «Ramadan». «Id mubarak» - this is how believers greet each other on the day of the end of fasting, which means congratulating with a blessed holiday.

During the month, devout Muslims refuse to eat, drink and smoke during the day, leaving it all for the night. There is an opinion that this allows to «rebuild» the organism and harden it.

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Human rights
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The Southern District Military Court found Islam Batsiev, a native of Dagestan, guilty of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer (Article 317 of the Russian Criminal Code) for participating in the attack on Pskov paratroopers as part of Basayev and Khattab's field detachment. Batsiev was sentenced to 21 years in a maximum-security penal colony.