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Russia charges in absentia Muslim Tatar leader
Officials in Moscow-annexed Crimea said on last Thursday that a revered community leader of Tatars, a Muslim minority with a long history of persecution by Russia, has been arrested in absentia and faces three unspecified charges for "premeditated crimes". Mustafa Jemilev, a lawmaker in Ukraine's...
Rasim Dervishev: “Crimean Tatars Living In Turkey Didn’t Support Russian Annexation of Crimea”
01/07/2014
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A website close to the new “authorities”, “Kryminfo” website shared the news stating that the Federation of Crimean Tatar Communities of Turkey allegedly supported the reunion of “Republic Crimea” with Russian Federation. At the same time, Crimean Tatars in Ukraine note that the “Federation” is a...
Ramadan In Crimea: Day-To-Day Realities Changed
01/07/2014
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The Holy month of Ramadan began, and Crimean Muslims are fasting along with the rest of Islamic world. Religious figures from Turkey came to Crimea to spend Ramadan with their brothers and sisters in faith last year, and Turkish businessmen donated for iftar tents where fasting people received free...
Russian Federal Security Service Rummaged The Higher Medrese Of Hafidh In Crimea
27/06/2014
Russian occupants continue to complicate the Crimean Tatars’ life. On Tuesday morning of June 24 Russia’s Federal Security Service rummaged the Higher Medrese of Hafidh in Kol’chugino village (Simferopol district), where children are taught the Holy Qur’an.After a 5-hour rummage they took hostage...
Eid-al-Fitr And Eid-al-Adha Became Official Holidays In Crimea
26/06/2014
Muslim feasts Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Adha became official holidays in Crimea. Such decision was carried out at the Crimean Parliament’s session in Simferopol today. 72 deputies voted “for”. According to the Law On Holidays And Special Dates adopted in the first reading, Muslim holidays were...
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