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Russian chief mufti urges int'l community to send relief to Syria

1691 muftiUfa, August 21, Interfax - Central Muslim Spiritual Board chairman and Russian Chief Mufti Talgat Tajuddin has called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid to Syria.

"We are calling on all peoples and countries of the world, primarily Arab and Muslim countries, to extend humanitarian aid to the people of Syria who have suffered from the atrocities of international terrorism and also refugees who are returning to their home country," he said during a sermon on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holiday, also known as the "Festival of Sacrifice", at the Lala Tulpan (Tulip in Bloom) mosque in Ufa on Tuesday.
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