07/03/2018
Said Ismagilov, Mufti of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine, has accused Ukraine’s enforcement bodies of multiple infringements during an early-morning search of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Kyiv. Ukraine is using methods, he says, which are disturbingly similar to those applied in...
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12/09/2017
"Islam is a very difficult line of work," said the KGB agent in a 1990s comedy. Strangely, these words from an already forgotten Russian film turned out to be almost prophetic for Islam throughout the post-Soviet space. It is no secret that Muslims are perceived to be somewhat different to...
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07/04/2016
After the terrorist attacks had been held in Brussels, a new one Islamophobia surged the world society was out. On March 27, at the studio of “Hromadske Radio”, Mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine “UMMA” Said Ismagilov commented on the current situation: how to overcome...
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04/03/2016
The Muslim population in Europe not only faces an increase in number of Islamophobic hate crimes since the recent attacks in Paris, but they also suffer due to legal loopholes that allow such offenses to go unpunished, experts told Anadolu Agency.
Discrimination against Muslims in Europe has...
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14/05/2014
The US largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today released a report, "Legislating Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the United States," which reveals that anti-Islam groups received more than $119 million in funding between 2008 and 2011.The new report by the Washington-based...
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25/10/2013
A fire broke out at the Saqi central mosque on October 14, which was the Eid-al-Adha Eve. The very next morning imam’s room at the Rovnoe village Mosque (Krasnogvareiskiy district) burst into flame. Emirali Ablaev, Mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Crimea (RAMC) said this was a big...
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21/10/2013
On October 6, 2013, the “Inter” Channel aired the “Weak Specific” show digest where “hizb-ut-Tahrir”, their activities and their future conference in Simferopol was one of the plots. The editors did not limit themselves with providing background information, but depicted Crimea as a hotspot, soon-...
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14/10/2013
Eastern Partnership Countries Summit is to take place in Vilnius, where Ukraine plans signing Political Association Agreement with the EU and creating free trade area. President Viktor Yanukovych says that the Ukrainian Parliament is working hard to fulfill all the necessary requirements and...
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24/07/2013
A York mosque dealt with a potentially volatile situation after reports that it was going to be the focus of a demonstration organised by a far-right street protest movement - by inviting those taking part in the protest in for tea and biscuits.
People arrived for the protest, promoted online by...
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14/02/2012
A report released last week in the USA has confirmed the threat posed to US national security by the radicalisation of its Muslim community is minuscule. The hysterical campaign to stigmatise US Muslims poses a far greater threat than radicalisation to America's civic union.
A report released last...
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