Islamic Studies

State, Denominationalism and Public Islam in Ukraine

Oleg Yarosh State, Denominationalism and Public Islam in Ukraine After the collapse of the Soviet Union when freedom of religion was enacted, the religious situation in Ukraine has developed in a different way, compared to the neighboring countries. Today Ukraine is a multi-faith...

How to Cope with Self-Isolation, According to a 9th Century Islamic Philosopher 15/04/2020 Most of the extant personal biographies of Al-Kindi (b. 801CE) — the renowned ‘Father of Islamic Philosophy’ of Medieval Baghdad’s Golden Age — portray him as a rather inhospitable and cold individual. According to some accounts, he embodied the avaricious landlord archetype, meticulously...	Participants’ Reports at VIII International School of Islamic Studies in Istanbul 22/07/2019 A four-day research and discussion session of VIII International School of Islamic Studies consisted of both lectures and reports. Timeliness of the topics presented derives from the fact that Q&A sessions often developed into active discussions where the researchers collectively developed new...
The revival of the Theological Islamic Tradition in Ukraine 13/03/2019 Ansar Foundation public organisation has published a book “The Message on Muslims’ cohesion” by Sheikh Seyran Arifov, chairman of Alraid, the All-Ukrainian Association. The book highlights the hot topic of the inter-religious dialogue, as well as the problem of the Muslim community’s unity. A...	II International Congress of Oriental Studies: Review 01/12/2018 On 27 November, a scientific part of II International Congress of Oriental Studies took place at Volodymyr Vernadsky Tavrian National University (excursion for the participants and the closing ceremony were held on the following day, 28 November, — Ed.). The event resulted from the combined efforts...
Crimean trace in Indonesian Islam: Sulaiman Al-Qirimi 27/04/2018 It is commonly known that Indonesia is on the list of the most populous Muslim countries (more than 250 million people). Some of its regions were Islamized in the late Middle Ages (primarily due to relations with the Middle East countries and India), and already in the XVII-XVIII centuries Muslims...	About Muslims from Naddnipryanshchyna region 15/01/2018 On the territory of modern Ukraine the interaction between Christian and Muslim civilizations has more than a thousand years of history. It is generally believed that on these lands Khazars were the first Muslims. Islam began to spread in the Khazar Kaganate after the Arab-Khazar wars in the first...
Life in the Crimean Khanate and the First Annexation of Crimea Through Turkish Researchers’ Eyes 25/12/2017 The event that gathered researchers from both all over Ukraine and abroad (Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Azerbaijan) on 14 December in Kyiv, was International Research-to-Practice Conference “Muslim Heritage in Southern Ukraine: History, Culture and Religion”. Most of the foreign guests arrived from...	What Sets VI Summer School of Islamic Studies Apart? 28/07/2017 Not only a different location (for it was the first time when the School was held in Odesa), and not even a new co-host (this year, the traditional organisators, namely Association “Alraid” and RAMU “Umma”, were joined by the International Institute of Islamic Thought, IIIT). Not even new lecturers...
The Charter of Muslims of Ukraine may be a step towards the Islamic communities’ unity in the country 23/11/2016 "Is the Charter of Muslims of Ukraine a step towards the unity of the Islamic communities in the state?" - This was the title of the published article, dated November 22, 2016, on the site of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine. Its author is Mykhailo Yakubovych, famous Ukrainian...	Philosophical ideas of Hryhorii Skovoroda at the Quran association 27/09/2016 "If you build a house, build for both partsit's being – a body and a soul "H.Skovoroda The whole set of ideas in the works of Skovoroda, namely, his prose, poems, fables, and even letters to loved ones - is the desire to formulate some universal "rules," observance of which will enable...

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