Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) – Dear compatriots! I sincerely congratulate you, all Muslims of the country, the people of Uzbekistan, who spent the holy month of Ramadan with a pure heart and faith in their souls, performing all the rituals and prayers as prescribed by our sacred religion, and today greets Eid al-Fitr with great joy and excitement. I express my deep respect and best wishes to all of you.

We thank Allah for these happy moments.

May the Almighty accept our prayers and good intentions coming from the heart!

Let our noble deeds continue in the name of the highest value - in the name of man!

Dear compatriots!

As you know, Islam is a religion of peace, goodness and humanism. This is confirmed by what is said in our holy books: “A true Muslim has the desire to live in peace, friendship and harmony.”

This year, during the holy Ramadan, such values manifested themselves even more clearly in our lives. We all again deeply felt the consonance of the large-scale reforms being implemented in the country with the true essence and noble ideas of our religion.

All conditions have been created so that Muslims can freely perform religious rituals in this month of pure thoughts and hopes. Attention and care for the sick, people with disabilities and the elderly, and low-income families have been increased. Thus, those in need of support were provided with financial assistance worth more than 20 billion soums, mahallas and charitable organizations in all regions held evening treats - iftars and charity events - during the days of fasting.

Another embodiment of the noble traditions of the holy month were the iftar ceremonies that took place on the evening of 25 March in Namangan with the participation of representatives of the public from three regions of the Fergana Valley; this good undertaking covered the mahallas of our entire country, as if the entire multinational people of Uzbekistan had gathered for one dastarkhan.

It should be especially noted that during the days of holy Ramadan, a group of our ulema visited foreign countries, conveyed sincere greetings and good wishes of the people to our compatriots, and held educational conversations.

Dear friends!

In New Uzbekistan, the necessary conditions are created to ensure freedom of conscience and religion for representatives of all nations and confessions of the country, the development of their language, culture and traditions. New mosques are being built, places of worship for great thinkers and theologians are being improved, national and religious values are being revived. Ample opportunities are opening up for performing the holy Hajj and Umrah.

This year, in connection with Eid al-Fitr, three days have been declared as holidays in our country. This will undoubtedly serve to make the holiday even more meaningful and establish an atmosphere of kindness and mercy in society.

Of course, this work will continue. I think we all understand well that for this, in the current extremely difficult and tense situation in the world, it is necessary to protect the peace and tranquility reigning on our land like the apple of our eye, to unite even more tightly and bring our reforms to ensure the interests of the people to a new level.

We highly appreciate the example of cooperation shown by veterans, representatives of the religious and educational sphere, multinational friendship societies and their active participation in the national project “Yashil Makon”.

We have no right to forget that raising our children in the spirit of national values as harmoniously developed individuals who deeply master modern knowledge and professions, appreciate and love the Motherland, is our main duty. In particular, we must strengthen educational work in educational institutions and mahallas based on the idea “Humanism is our goal, education is our strength.”

We support the initiative of our compatriots who performed Hajj and Umrah and wished to get involved in work in this direction together with the G7 and mahalla activists.

In these blessed moments, we sincerely congratulate our compatriots abroad, the entire Muslim ummah of countries far and near abroad, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

Dear compatriots!

On this wonderful day, when our hearts are filled with special joy, I once again sincerely congratulate you on the bright holiday of Eid al-Fitr, I wish health, happiness and prosperity to your families.

May all our good hopes come true!

Let our Motherland prosper!

Happy Eid al-Fitr!
 
Shavkat Mirziyoyev,
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan