31/08/2016
In August 29, the representative congress of Muslim scholars, entitled "World Islamic Conference “Who are they, the followers of the Sunnah” finished its work in Grozny (Chechen Republic). More than 100 participants from 30 countries, especially from the Russian Federation, (almost all of them were...
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15/08/2016
Many scientists have tried to answer the question: when the first Muslims appeared on the territory of the Crimean Island. This question is not about individual faithful, who certainly could live in the Crimea already in the early Middle Ages, but it is about the larger Muslim communities that...
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27/07/2016
During the V Youth International School For Islamic Studies which lasted for a week at the National University "Ostroh Academy", a lot of already well-known scientists and their young colleagues presented their informative reports.
Among them is Ph.D. in international relations, associate professor...
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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...
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06/05/2016
Due to the latest researches, we know a lot about the cultural heritage of the so-called "Lithuanian Tatars" (Lipka Tatars). This ethnic group lived on the territory of modern Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Ukraine in the XV century. There is a reason to believe that this ethnic group,...
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04/05/2016
The contemporary religious Muslim authorities have been debating for a long time about the position of the religion in relation to the present day problems. Given the fact that many Muslim societies suffer from violence, which was attributed to "Islamic" motivation, a lot of authors focuses on the...
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11/04/2016
On March 24, the leading scientists, as historians, regional ethnographers, archaeologists, religious scholars, public figures and representatives of religious organizations from Poland and Ukraine (Crimea, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Donetsk) participated in a round table discussion devoted to the 350th...
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22/03/2016
Among the Muslim authors who came from Ukrainian lands (which are so-called "Ottoman Ukraine"), the figure of Muhammad bin Mustafa al-Akkirmani occupies a special place. Born at the end of XVII century, in Ottoman Akkerman thenadays (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast’ (province)), future...
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09/03/2016
For thousands of years women left their mark on their societies, changing the course of history at times, and influencing significant spheres of life at others. In Muslim Civilisation, extraordinary women from different faiths and backgrounds worked alongside men to advance their communities. Their...
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12/01/2016
History of Islam in Ukraine is closely interrelated with Ukrainian independence. Before the late 1980s no single community officially existed in this part of the USSR. However, in 2014 around 700 Islamic communities were registered, including those on the Crimean peninsula. Since 1991, Muslims have...
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