Muslims of Ukraine

Memorial Wall Honoring Fallen Muslim Defenders Unveiled in Kyiv

Memorial Wall Honoring Fallen Muslim Defenders Unveiled in Kyiv

On August 27, ahead of Ukraine’s Day of Remembrance of the Defenders, a memorial wall was unveiled in Kyiv to honor Muslim service members who laid down their lives in defense of Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. Меморіал розташований на території Ісламського...

Muslims with all Ukrainians expressed their condolences to the people of France 14/11/2015 A lot of people have come to the French Embassy in Ukraine after the tragic news that outraged the whole world. They came to honor the memory of victims who had suffered in series of terrorist attacks in Paris. There were also many Muslims there — they consider the murder of innocent people is a ...	Muslims joined the descent of kindness 09/11/2015 It took about two weeks for the Women’s Social Organisation activists to collect clothes, footwear, money donations, provision and household appliances in order to bring them to pupils of two boarding schools and one baby orphanage. And on November 7, four fully packed cars left the Kyiv ICC yard...
History of "Muslim Khazaria" on the territory of modern Ukraine 09/10/2015 The first evidences of existing of Islam on the lands of present-day Ukraine related to the Khazar Khaganate, arisen in the VII century. The birth of Khazaria issued from the collapse of the Western Turkic Khaganate. Initially, the territory of the new state was the area of the North Caucasus and...	Eid al-Adha all over Ukraine 30/09/2015 A fall day of September 24 was filled with warmth coming from both the sun and the hearts of Ukrainian Muslims along with their adherents all over the world. With such mood of heartiness, friendship and mutual help, Eid al-Adha began with a festive prayer. People came in advance so they could...
Giray's Faith — the roots of moderate Islam of the Crimean Tatars are buried in the history of this people 29/07/2015 The legend has it that Islam proliferated in Crimea owing to two associates of Prophet Muhammad Malik al-Ashtar and Ghazi Mansour as early as the 7th century A.D. Yet it is more likely that the peninsula turned Muslim owing to Turks rather than Arabs. It came as a result of a conquest in the 13th...	The Officials Shared the Joy of the Eid al-Fitr with Muslims 20/07/2015 Islamic Cultural Centre in Kyiv invited state representatives, celebrities, famous scientists and artists, public activists and politicians, representatives of diplomatic bodies and diasporas in order to celebrate together Eid al-Fitr (festival of breaking of the fast). Mufti of the Religious...
Ramadan 2015. Islamic cultural center in Kyiv 30/06/2015 In the program "My Ramadan" Muslims share their impressions and emotions, talk about how to pass their days of fasting.	Islamic Cultural Centre named after Muhammad Asad opened in Lviv 05/06/2015 Last Friday’s opening of Lviv Islamic Cultural Centre was indeed an outstanding event. Not only followers of Prophet Muhammad came, but people of other religions also came to share this moment of joy, both from Lviv and other regions of Ukraine. Almost two hundred people gathered in the yard of the...
Islam Indeed Stands for Purity: Leisure Areas in Ukrainian Cities Got Cleaner by Local Muslims’ Efforts 25/04/2015 Ecology benefit that unites people in cleaning parks and leisure areas is held traditionally in Ukrainian towns and cities in spring. This ecological initiative by a youth movement “Let’s Do It. Ukraine” (within the framework of international initiative “Let’s do it, world!”, which already united...	First Ukrainian translation of Holy Quran unveiled in Kyiv 25/04/2015 The first Ukrainian translation of Muslims’ holy book has been unveiled in Kiev. Publishers and scholars hope the translation of the Holy Quran could open up the doors for more interest in Islam in Ukraine.

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