ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s high Muslim cleric urged native companies to cease utilizing the Black Friday tag for his or her end-of-November sale campaigns, a transfer that he mentioned could be appreciated by followers of the Central Asian nation’s dominant religion.
“Since Friday is the holy day for the Muslim neighborhood, renaming Black Friday to Beneficiant Friday could be paying due respect to our folks, most of whom observe Islamic traditions,” Supreme Mufti Nauryzbai Kazhy Taganuly mentioned in an tackle revealed by the Religious Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan.
The time period, which has originated in the USA and refers back to the Friday following Thanksgiving, has turn into widespread amongst Kazakh retailers, though the previous Soviet republic marks no holidays close to that date.
(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; Enhancing by Alison Williams)
