Islam in Ukraine

Official Now: Sentianivka Has Its Very Own Mosque

Official Now: Sentianivka Has Its Very Own Mosque

Sentianivka Muslim community of 500 now has its very own mosque. A house and the premises of 25 decares of land in Sentianivka, Luhansk region, were bought for the local community through the offices of Association “Alraid”. The problem of lack of place for worship was voiced by a local imam when...

The Ukrainian Islam is notable for its respect to other people's views, — Mykhailo Yakubovych 08/07/2016 Mykhailo Yakubovych is known as translator of Quran into Ukrainian language, as well as the author of "Philosophical thought of the Crimean Khanate" and "Islam in Ukraine. History and Modern Times ", which has been released in the scientific digest "Al-Qalam". He is orientalist, researcher of the...	What is Ukrainian Islam? Or the Phenomenon of Ukrainian Islam. 22/06/2016 Nowadays, the spiritual and national identities are the particularly acute problem for Muslims living outside the "Islamic world" (considering all convention of this term today). The ethnic groups, who have practised Islam for centuries, decide this issue in easy way: the national identity has...
Muslims of Sumy Opened the Tenth ICC on the Eve of Ramadan 03/06/2016 Sumy Islamic Cultural Centre (located at Sumsko-Kyivskykh dyvizii St., 24/2) has become the tenth regional centre of AUASO "Alraid" in Ukraine. Muslims had the important reason to open it before Ramadan. As during this holy month, there is the highest number of those, wishing to pray together. So,...	Kyiv Muslims congratulated the sixth Hafiza 23/03/2016 On blessed Friday, March 18 (9 Jumada al-Thani, 1438 of Hijri calendar) at Kyiv Islamic Cultural Center, the Muslims congratulated the new Hafiza, Gana Ahmed Taha, Syrian by birth. She has completed the reading of the Holy Qur'an by heart, her mentor was Sheikh Haider al-Haj. New Hafiza told her...
Tell Me What Your Scullcap Looks Like and I’ll Say Where You’re From 09/03/2016 Most of the Ukrainians know very little of skullcaps, mostly the famous anecdote: “and when I stand with my hands on my hips, I don’t care why you put your skullcap on”. Yet those who attended the Uzbek Culture Day at Kyiv Islamic cultural Centre on February 27, can now tell that there are six main...	When did Islam came to Ukraine? 04/03/2016 Is it not instructive to them, how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose settlements they walk? Surely in that are signs for people of understanding (Quran 20:128). When did Islam begin to spread in Ukraine? This question had been a subject of debate for a long time....
Ukrainian Muslims root for Ukraine 16/02/2016 For centuries Muslims have been an integral part of Ukrainian society, but they also remained a quiet, little-noticed part until the momentous events of the EuroMaidan Revolution and Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2014-15. Many Muslims were active participants in the EuroMaidan Revolution, and...	Dnipropetrovsk Muslim Community Comes of Age: Own Islamic Centre Instead of Passport 08/02/2016 Dnipropetrovsk Muslim community was forced to move from one place to another during the past 18 years, and their rooms can be generally described by a proverb “it's a bit tight, but all right if we don't fight”. Today this community marks its “coming of age”, having settled down: from now on, a new...
Separate cemetery for Muslims to appear in Lviv 31/12/2015 The executive committee of Lviv City Council adopted a decision on the allocation of land at Holoskivsky cemetery in Lviv for the burial ceremonies according to Muslim traditions. Officials allocated the land plot for burial of the deceased according to the rules and traditions of the Muslim...	Muslims of Ukraine: History of Solidarity — 2 25/12/2015 In the first part of the interview, Said ISMAGILOV, Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine “Ummah,” described how the life of Ukrainian Muslims, particularly those who are on the...

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