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THE RISE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IN UKRAINE? SEARCH IN ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER IN KYIV

By March, 6, Ukrainian Muslim community has been stressed by the search in Islamic Cultural Center of Kyiv (where headquarters of Association “Alraid” and Religious Administration of Ukrainian Muslims “Ummah” are located). By the early morning a group of representatives from Kyiv public prosecutor'...

Slava Babych representing Ukraine becomes the 2018 Cezve/Ibrik Champion 22/02/2018 Ukrainian barista Slava Babych became the winner of the 2018 Cezve/Ibrik Championship, which was held in Dubai on February 19-20. “Congratulations to Slava Babych, representing Ukraine, who has become the 2018 Cezve/Ibrik Champion! Over three days, we’ve seen some great performances from seven...	“Help the Homeless” — Muslim Women Input in Kyiv Homeless Relief 14/02/2018 4 weeeks ago Kyiv Muslim women joined the “Help the Homeless” initiative for the first time: activists of Volunteer Movement “Mariam” used some donated...
Ukraine to submit another resolution on Crimea to UN 15/01/2018 Ukraine will submit new resolutions on the human rights situation in the occupied Crimea for consideration by the UN General Assembly, according to the Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the UN Vladimir Yelchenko. The diplomat noted that resolutions of this kind have a peculiar evolution, as...	Meskhetian Turks from Ukraine Find a New Home in Turkey 30/11/2017 Turkey has accepted the last of thousands of Meskhetian Turks from Ukraine whom it has agreed to take in as part of an ambitious resettlement program for the multiply exiled post-Soviet people. On November 16, 185 Meskhetian Turks from Ukraine arrived in Turkey, the sixth and final group in a...
Meskhetian Turks from Ukraine Find a New Home in Turkey 30/11/2017 Turkey has accepted the last of thousands of Meskhetian Turks from Ukraine whom it has agreed to take in as part of an ambitious resettlement program for the multiply exiled post-Soviet people. On November 16, 185 Meskhetian Turks from Ukraine arrived in Turkey, the sixth and final group in a...	Russia Jails Crimean Dissident for Speaking Out Against Moscow's Rule 02/10/2017 A court on Wednesday found a Crimean dissident opposed to Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea guilty of separatism and sentenced him to two years in a prison colony, a punishment supporters said amounted to a death penalty for such an ill man. Ilmi Umerov was deputy head of the Crimean Tatars'...
Hijab-wearing Muslim women still face prejudice in Kyiv 06/09/2017 Editor’s Note: This article is a part of the “Journalism of Tolerance” project by the Kyiv Post and its affiliated non-profit organization, the Media Development Foundation. The project covers challenges faced by sexual, ethnic and other minorities in Ukraine, as well as people with physical...	Masquerading as Reporter, Assassin Hunted Putin Foes in Ukraine 15/06/2017 Ukrainians have long struggled with fake news from Russia, but last week, they discovered something even more insidious: a fake journalist. The man was tall and dapper. He wore a dark suit and spoke with a French accent. When he met politicians in Kiev, he introduced himself as Alex Werner, a...
Nigerian Muslim Student Tops Ukraine Medical School 08/06/2017 A Muslim student from Nigeria’s Osun state has emerged as the overall best medical student of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine, offering a role model for many young students to follow. “Indeed, this is a good news for the government and the people of the State of Osun,” one of Osun...	“What was done to you in 1944 has a name. It was genocide” 18/05/2017 The words above were spoken by a great Ukrainian Petro Grigorenko when he addressed Crimean Tatars exiled in Moscow in 1968, almost 25 years after the Deportation. Nearly 50 years later, Crimean Tatars are once again exiled or persecuted, and Grigorenko’s advice on demanding their rights and...

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