Every year on Kurban Ait hundreds of thousands of Muslims in our country in one day, slaughter thousands of heads of livestock: sheep, horses, and cows.
I have nothing against the rite itself. Its original meaning was to help others, to do good to people. This emphasizes the humanity of Islam.
Nevertheless, have you …
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I think that we should have both state cemeteries and private ones.
State cemeteries should be kept at the expense of the budget and provide a minimum level of services free of charge (plot of land for the grave, security and cleaning of the cemetery territory). In the state cemetery, competing with private companies, …
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A woman and her adult son lived in a village. The son drank a lot, and because of that could not find a job or start a family. Nothing was going well with him.
One day a woman brought her son to the most respected elder in the village, a wise man, and asked him …
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed giving Kazakhstan a second title: “The Country of the Great Steppe.”
Some journalists incorrectly interpreted the words of the President and presented this initiative as an attempt to change the name “Kazakhstan” to a new one.
I do not think so.
This is about the second, informal name of the …
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A family of father, mother and two children is approaching me along the promenade. They are walking, loudly discussing something, gnawing seeds and throwing the husks to the ground at the same time.
I approach the head of the family, who is about my age, even, perhaps, younger, …
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Recently my son taught me a lesson in democracy.
That is how it was.
We drove the whole family (my wife, daughter, son, and I) by car. Our daughter loves music, and the son – silence. My daughter asked me to turn on the music. My wife and I were not against, so turned it …
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Recently, I happened to be at the auzashar (breaking of the fast) in a local mosque. I listened attentively to the preaching of the Imam. On this day he told the hadith about the restraint of the Prophet.
Once the Prophet was at sports competitions. People competed in …
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The fate of the negotiator is unenviable.
Your people will always say that you are too soft and yielding.
Strangers will always say that you are too hard and inconsistent.…
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I’m an atheist.
I do not believe in supernatural power. I believe in the laws of physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, and others.
But that’s not the point.
How did it happen that in our society to own up to being an …
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When I have been to Italy last time, I talked with a Russian emigrant.
Her name is Irina. She moved to Italy from Moscow about 10 years ago. She married an Italian, but then divorced. She lives with her son. And she has excellent friendly relations with the ex-husband.
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