Crimean Parliament proposes to establish in the autonomy holidays of Uraza-Bairam and Kurban Bayram as legal holidays

The Supreme Council of ARC approved the draft law of Ukraine “On amendments to article 73 of the Code of Laws on labour of Ukraine, regarding the establishment holidays Uraza-Bairam and Kurban-Bairam as legal holidays in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea”. Such decision was made at the plenary meeting of Crimean Parliament on February 19.

As explained the author of the project, Chairman of Permanent Commission of SC ARC on Interethnic Relations and Problems of the Deported Citizens Enver Abduraimov, today in the autonomy live more than 85% of Muslims of Ukraine. The Muslim population of Crimean Republic is represented mainly by Crimean Tatars and some other peoples of the followers of Islam: the Volga Tatars, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Turks, peoples of Caucasus and other ethnic groups, which account for about 12% of the population of the Peninsula.