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New wave of religious persecution in occupied Donbas

New wave of religious persecution in occupied Donbas

The only mosque still functioning in occupied Donetsk has been closed after a search and interrogation of the Imam and several believers. This raid, as well as allegations of ‘extremism’ made by representatives of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ [‘DPR’], are disturbingly...

Ramadan In Terms Of Night-Time Curfew 08/07/2014 Situation in the Eastern part of the country remains complicated in Ramadan as well. It is known that a considerable amount of Ukrainian Muslims live in Donbass. What Ramadan-2014 will be like and how the local community’s life changed? See answers in Muhammad al-Ustaz (Imam at Luhansk Cathedral...	Muslim Organisations Call Upon Ukrainian Muslims To Participate In The Presidential Election 26/05/2014 Ukrainian Muslim Organisations’ leaders called upon their adherents who are citizens of Ukraine to attend the elections of May 25 and “make their deliberate choice”.
Separatists Destroyed The Prayer Tent In Donets’k And Uttered Threats To Shoot Down Its Visitors 25/05/2014 A group of 15 supporters of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” attacked the Prayer tent situated in the city’s centre on the day of May 23.Two people were on duty in the tent at that time. The terrorists threatened the praying people that “we’ll shoot down all of you if you gather here...	Foreign Students And Religious Minorities In Donbass Trust Ukrainian People 22/05/2014 Foreign students and national minorities in Donbass, who started worrying due to the separatists’ actions, hope for stability to be reached after the Presidential election on May 25. Mr.Said Ismagilov, Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine, noted that the attitude towards...
A Muslim Parkway In Sverdlovsk 08/04/2014 Sverdlovsk City Park now has a “Muslim Parkway”. The idea, later approved by the City Administration, arose autochthonously. There has been a reconstruction of this popular city sight earlier this year; Muslim construction workers loved the place and intended to donate some of their free time to...	First Festival of Inter-religious Harmony in Donetsk Region 13/02/2012 On February, 5th, in the premise of the 2nd building of the Makeevka Economic-Humanitarian Institute took place the first festival of inter-religious harmony in Donetsk region. As an occasion of carrying out of the action was the resolution No 65/5 about "The world week of harmonious inter-...
Round table of Conference "Islamic Studies in Ukraine": Step towards each other 21/05/2011 On termination of plenary session of the conference "Islamic studies in Ukraine", which took place in the premise of Donetsk State University of Computer Science and Artificial Intellect, the round table started its work. For the first time for years of independence of Ukraine it was possible to...	Mosque in Konstantinovka to restore Islamic Values 21/05/2011 The task of the newly opened mosque in Konstantinovka is to involve young generation of Muslims to the religion, to impart to it morals and God consciousness. About it stated the chairman of the local Muslim community "Rodnik", Afez Shiraliev, in his exclusive interview to the correspondent of the...
First Mosque in Konstantinovka opened its Doors 10/05/2011 May, 7th, became the real holiday for the Muslims of Donbass. This day took place solemn opening of the new mosque in Konstantinovka. For the event gathered more than six hundred Muslims of Donbas from the nearby settlements, guests the capital and from abroad. Thanks to the assistance of the all-...	Islam and Islamic Studies in Ukraine — main Topic of International Scientific Conference in Donetsk 07/05/2011 On April, 28th, within the precincts of the Donetsk State University of Computer Science and Artificial Intellect, will pass a plenary session and a conference on the topic "Islam and Islamic Studies in Ukraine". During the conference the following topics will be mentioned: modern trends of...

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