08/04/2014
A delegation of religious figures headed by Mr. Ravil Gainutdin (Mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of the European Russia) arrived to Simferopol on March 27 Deputy-Mufti Mr. Damir Muhametdinov and famous Islamic preacher Mr. Shamil Alyautdinov were also present.
It was the first visit to...
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08/04/2014
Sverdlovsk City Park now has a “Muslim Parkway”. The idea, later approved by the City Administration, arose autochthonously. There has been a reconstruction of this popular city sight earlier this year; Muslim construction workers loved the place and intended to donate some of their free time to...
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02/04/2014
Bakhchisaray, Crimea -- As the reality of having to live in another country begins to sink in for Crimeans, one ethnic group, the Crimean Tatars, are reviving a long-held dream: to live autonomously on the peninsula.
At a March 29 session in the historical Crimean Tatar capital of...
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31/03/2014
Priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kyiv Patriarchate, are eager to preach at mosques: a shelter offered to them by the Crimean Tatars. This statement by the Kyiv Patriarchate archbishop Evtratiy Zorya was quoted by the “5 channel”.
According to him, two priests were forced to leave Crimea,...
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28/03/2014
Muslims of the Mityaevo village of Saqi district celebrated a festal occasion on March 22, namely the future mosque Foundation stone laying. Regional and local Mejlis representatives, religious leaders and, of course, local parishioners who launched the construction at their own resources.
It is...
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28/03/2014
A charity run on Crimean Tatar movie “Haytarma” depicting the deportation of 1944 took place at “Pravda-Kino” Cinema in Dnipropetrovsk. All the funds raised are to be given to support the Crimean Tatar TV-Channel ATR. The audience rose in applause after the movie was over; many people were crying....
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28/03/2014
Ukrainian Parliament guarantees protecting rights of Crimean Tatars as a part of Ukraine. 283 MPs supported this decision. “Ukraine guarantees maintaining and developing Crimean Tatar ethnic, cultural, language and religious identity as the indigenous population and other ethnic minorities of...
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28/03/2014
Representatives of Crimean Tatar social organisations and Head of Crimean Tatar Mejlis Mr. Refat Chubarov gathered at a roundtable on March 25. Having discussed the current political situation in Crimea, the participants started working on a question How they should deal with these circumstances....
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28/03/2014
Representatives of the OSCE Mission for human Rights met Donbass Muslim communities on March 23 in Donetsk. OSCE representative, Ms. Eva Katinka Schmidt, visited the region for monitoring how the human rights are observed, particularly ethnic minorities, and taking a look at the work of the...
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27/03/2014
On March 18 a 39 year-old Crimean Tatar fighter for justice Mr. Reshat Ametov was buried in Simferopol. About 2000 people came to the Abdal Cemetery to pay the tribute to his memory. People remember Reshat as a person who had a solid citizenship and a great love for his Homeland.
It bears...
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