In the evening of 4 December, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited the country’s spiritual leaders in order to hear their spiritual valediction on the threshold of a very important and difficult meeting in the Normandy format. Speaking about the event, Mufti Said Ismagilov noted that the guests...
More than two hundred active Muslim women from throughout the country and from abroad took part in the International Women's Forum, initiated by the Ukrainian Muslimahs League and the Social Organisation "Maryam".
After the prayer, the mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah...
In the first part of the interview, Said ISMAGILOV, Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine “Ummah,” described how the life of Ukrainian Muslims, particularly those who are on the...
Sheikh Said Ismagilov: “Defending the Fatherland is the only way to preserve our dignity”
Thanks to their active civic stand and patriotism, Ukrainian Muslims have managed to win the respect of the rest of society in the past two years of the ordeal that has befallen this country and to arouse...
Strict jury at Qur’an recitation contest held at Kyiv ICC on the past weekend made sure Ukraine is to be represented by really worthy candidates. The jury were: Sheikh Haydar al-Hajj, a certified teacher of Qur’an, Sheikh Murat Suleimanov, Imam at Lviv Islamic Cultural Centre and himself a...
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.
The shooting down of MH17 has led to harsh words used about both the Kremlin-backed militants in eastern Ukraine and those behind them, but left terminology largely intact. With the western media still talking of ‘separatists’ and of a ‘civil war’ underway in Ukraine, it is worth noting the...
