Japarov congratulates people of Kyrgyzstan on beginning of Ramadan

AKIPRESS.COM - President Sadyr Japarov congratulated the people of Kyrgyzstan on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. "Ramadan is not only a month of health promotion, but also a month of spiritual purification, mercy, forgiveness and abstinence from sins; it teaches tolerance. Fasting is not just abstaining from eating and drinking, but also abstaining from bad words and thoughts, gossip, slander and malice," the President said in a statement.
He wished happiness, prosperity, joy and harmony to every family.
The Holy Month of Ramadan begins in Kyrgyzstan on April 13, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan decided earlier.
The Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. The fasting begins at the beginning of dawn and ends after sunset during the month.