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...
On October 25, a 300-year old mosque of the village of Bogatovka (Tokluk) was filled with praying people again. This mosque, rebuilt from the very basement, is only one of many Crimean mosques wiped out from the history of Crimea.
The “Al-Iman” mosque was cast in lot with hundreds of other places...
The new Head of Crimean tatar Mejlis Refat Chubarov, elected during the first session of VI Crimean Tatar Kurultai. He superseded Mustafa Dzhemilev, who had been the Chairman for past 22 years.
According to Mr. Dhemilev’s own estimates, there are only bright sides in changing the Head of Mejlis...
A training on “Minority rights: international standards and advocacy tools” took place in Kyiv on October 12, 2013 within the framework of the Eastern Partnership Minorities Network project. This included working with Muslims as an important part of that kind of work, too, so they invited some...
European Union’s Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle and other organisation’s representatives became an important step in struggle for Crimean Tatars’ rights on their native land. The guests planned to meet both representatives of Crimean Tatar Mejlis and the...
Institute of Oriental Studies And International Relations “Kharkiv Collegium”, All-Ukrainian Association Of Social Organisations “Alraid” and “Al-Manar” Islamic Cultural Centre are planning a round table regarding some topical issues.
Judging by different events on Islamic studies being held more...
On September 26 2013, an urgent session took place in European Parliament in Brussels, where the report by European External Action Service (EEAS) on “Urgent Situation Regarding The Crimean Tatar Human Rights” was announced.
As reported by the Mejlis official website, in this report Mr. Dirk...
According to the experts, a copy of the Holy Qur’an they found is at least 200 years old. The First National TV-Channel reports that it was purchased for the Ostrog Museum by its staff and remained there for 20 years until the scientists turned onto it.
It appeared that this copy of the Holy Qur’an...
700-year Jubilee of the oldest mosque in Eastern Europe is to be celebrated next year in Crimea, as announced at the Crimean Parliament working session. Besides, and international conference on history of Islam in Crimea is planned for 2014.
According to Enver Abdulraimov, the Crimean Parliament...
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...
The Head of the country addressed to his Muslim compatriots on his Press-service website and stressed the importance of this feast for the believers and that of course its purpose is peace and helping those who are around.
The...
