2nd July 2021, marks 121st birth anniversary of Muhammad Asad. He was born as Leopold Weiss in Lviv Ukraine and rose to fame as a journalist, traveler, writer, lin-guist, political theorist, diplomat an Islamic scholar and most importantly as a worker of Pakistan Movement.
During his life time Asad...
Nalan Dal, International Fundraising coordinator of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, was among more than two hundred participants of the International Women’s Forum, held on April 7, and initiated by the Muslim Women’s League of Ukraine and the Social Organisation "Maryam".
Ms. Dal took...
A ‘Convoy of Conscience’ launched in Istanbul on 6 March, traveling to Hatay on the Turkish-Syrian border on 8 March. Participants from all over the world, including politicians, writers, public figures and ordinary housewives, demanded the release of women held in Syrian prisons.As...
Nearly three weeks have passed since 73 Ukrainian captives walked free and were reunited with their families in the largest prisoner exchange since Russia invaded Ukraine...
"Islam is a very difficult line of work," said the KGB agent in a 1990s comedy. Strangely, these words from an already forgotten Russian film turned out to be almost prophetic for Islam throughout the post-Soviet space. It is no secret that Muslims are perceived to be somewhat different to...
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...
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...
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...
In response to visa-free regime for Ukraine, the Russian media started distributing fake news about Ukraine as the “chief leader of ISIS terrorism in Europe.” Ideologists of “crucified boys” even listed the cities where the so-called “transit points for Islamists” are located and even more,...
"It was an awful situation. Many were dead, many injured when I arrived in the square. Some priests and I tried to identify who among the dead were Christians and Muslims so that we could perform last rites and prayers. The dead kept coming," he says. "That was the evening of February 20th....
Pope Francis condemned the hypocrisy from Christians who are merciless to refugees and people of other faiths, addressing a gathering of a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany, reports Catholic News Service.
Francis rebuked “the contradiction of those who want to defend Christianity...
