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ADNAN OKTAR

RUSSIA AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN

REPUBLICS

RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL FAITH FAIR - 2003

etween 22 May - 1 June 2003, an International Faith Fair was
B held at Moscow’s VDNH Fair Complex. This event, the third
such one, was supported by the mayor of Moscow, Russian Patriarch
Alexei II, Ravil Gaynuttin (head of the Russian Muftis’ Association), and
leading figures from the Protestant Church and the Russian Jewish
Congregations Congress. More than 15,000 people visited the ten-day fair.
The Islamic Day began with a Russian-language screening of “Islam:

The Light Illuminating the World,” based on Harun Yahya’s work. Sheikh
Gaynuttin opened the event with a speech emphasizing the pride and en-
thusiasm that Russia’s Muslims drew from Harun Yahya’s valuable works
and asked that more of them be published.

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