Religious leaders of Ukrainian Muslims addressed Muslim countries prior to the Peace Summit in Switzerland. Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah" Murat Suleymanov and Mufti of the RAMC Aider Rustemov called on the governments of Muslim countries to support Ukraine's...
Presentation of a short documentary by Olha Morkova “Crimea Unveiled” is to be held on November 8, 2014, 6PM, at the “Master Class” Hall for Education and Culture (Kyiv city, 16a Lavrska Str.). The movie screening is free, however, the preliminary registration is required (please fill in the...
One of the oldest and most respected religious activists of Ukraine passed away recently. The heart of the 78-ears-old Mr.Girfan Gildeev, Imam in the town of Alchevsk, Donbass region, failed to carry on all the trials that the people of Ukraine faced recently. We, the “Islam in Ukraine” team,...
Mufti of RAMU “Umma” Mr.Said Ismagilov visited the Kyiv Mohyla Academy upon the invitation of Sociology Department on October 13. Meeting with 25 students of sociology lasted for 3 hours and impressed the guest by the young people’s inspiration to get a deeper insight both in the Muslim community...
This spring, on March 13, the Ukrainian Parliament finally acknowledged Crimean tatars as the indigenous people of Ukraine. 283 Deputies gave their votes for this. The joy, however, had been too early to celebrate: after Russian Federation annexed the Crimean peninsula, implementing that act became...
Story of this battalion consisting mostly of Muslims is more on the air in Russia than in ukraine. The Russian propaganda at once drew an image of “evil wahhabi guerillas” sponsored by Kolomoiskiy and controlled by the Crimean Tatars’ leader Mustafa Dzhemilev. There also were some discussions on...
Twitter users from Ukraine started sharing the hashtag #StopCrimeanTatarsGenocide in order to support the Crimean Tatars after the latter found themselves on the edge of a new genocide...
Crimean Tatar Mejlis and Charitable organisation “Fund Crimea” were forced out of their own building in Simferopol at a demand of Central District court of the city. Russian officer receivers also arrested the Fund’s property and accounts, as reported by the member of Mejlis and executive director...
The very existence of the Crimean indigenous people is under threat, the Crimean Tatar leaders assured the delegates of UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples held on September 22-23 in New York.On their part, Ukrainian authorities also reported flagrant violation of the Crimean Tatars’ rights....
Ukrainian Centre of Religious Studies Researches along with the Institute of Philosophy of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (department of history of the Eastern Philosophy) and Association of Esotericism and Mysticism Researchers are to hold a roundtable considering “Islamic...
This year brought a lot of trials to the regions where most Ukrainian Muslims live. Many of them were forced to leave their homes and search for refuge in the other regions of the country; many people remained in their settlements in constant fear because of the military action going on (in Donbass...
