A Koran competition was held among prisoners in the correctional colony in the Republic of Mordovia of the Russian Federation. The winners in the nominations of correct recitation of the Holy Qur'an and call to prayer were presented with the Holy Qur'an and souvenirs.
The Chechen leader sharply criticized an initiative in the Andropov district of Stavropol that would ban public prayers and impose fines on violators, stressing that Russia's 30 million Muslims have equal rights with everyone else.