30/04/2014
“If people who love Ukraine and speak for dignity, liberty and equal rights are called Banderites, then Ukrainian Muslims and particularly Crimean Tatars can, with some humour, be called Islamo-Banderites”, notes Mufti Said Ismagilov. He speaks to The Ukrainian Week about the current situation, the...
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25/04/2014
“If people who love Ukraine and speak for dignity, liberty and equal rights are called Banderites, then Ukrainian Muslims and particularly Crimean Tatars can, with some humour, be called Islamo-Banderites”, notes Mufti Said Ismagilov. He speaks to The Ukrainian Week about the current situation, the...
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20/04/2014
Persecuted Muslim community fears repeat of brutal past as conflict continues over peninsula.
As the standoff over Russian interference in Crimea intensifies and the outbreak of a new war remains firmly in sight, few people wonder what the region's indigenous people - Crimean Tatars - think about...
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26/03/2014
Russian informational portal “Life News” published some information from its sources in the Russian Secret Service recently, stating that the mass protest in Ukraine was organized by four “members of the North Caucasus rebel groups specialized on training the combattants”. They allegedly “trained...
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16/12/2013
On November 9, a “Critical Point” programme by TV-Channel “Ukraine” came up with a broadcast named “Jihad, Ukrainian-Style.” I shall make no mistake if I say that we haven't seen a more unprofessional and at the same time Islamophobic fake “documentary” during the whole year of 2013.
I have no...
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28/11/2013
Muslims in Bulgaria are one of the communities whose experience is very useful for many Muslims living in non-Muslim countries. They not only overcame lots of difficulties, namely resettlement and persecution; in the end, however, they gained recognition and now they have their representatives in...
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06/11/2013
On October 6 in a TV-show “Details of the Week” broadcast at national TV-channel “Inter” a 10-minute plot was shown that was, on the opinion of its creators, to show the presence of “Islamic threat, radicalism and terrorism” in Crimea. We offer you the opinion voiced by Dr.Vyacheslav Shved, the...
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07/10/2013
Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Igor Semivolos spoke to tyzhden.ua on prospectives of the military operation against Asad regime, nature of Syrian conflict and its consequences for the Middle East.
How much sense the U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision on military...
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25/09/2013
The media publish regular information on arsons attacks on churches in Egypt since the mass protests following Muhammad Morsi demotion started. It’s about the attacks on the Coptic Churches all over Egypt. However, the media reported multiple attacks on churches of different Christian confessions...
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23/08/2013
Making his sixth trip to the region since taking office, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan on Tuesday as he tries to nudge the Palestinians and Israelis toward a resumption of peace talks that broke down nearly three years ago due to...
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