Muslims in Ukraine lack places of worship, Ukraine's mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims said.
In an exclusive interview to Anadolu Agency, the Muslim scholar Said...
When Refat Chubarov, a political leader of Crimea’s indigenous Tatar population, attempted to cross the border into his homeland on Saturday, he was met by squads of Russian riot police and a prosecutor who handed down a mandate banning him from the Black Sea peninsula for five years. While this is...
After 23 years of Ukrainian Muslim communities’ peaceful development (including those on Crimean peninsula), some Russian “experts” found a seminary of extremism there - all of a sudden. Who stands to gain from destabilization of interfaith relation on the peninsula? What does Mr. Silantyev strive...
Modern German Philosopher Jürgen Habermas wrote in his book “The Divided West”: “The mentalities split, and the distance is defined not by the differences in basic political values, but by the attitude to the great efforts of mankind to reach the state of civilization.”
This statement by a...
Following the events of May 2 in Odessa, AUASO “Alraid” and RAMU “Umma” published an appeal to all the Ukrainian nation, calling to appreciate every human life. Life is too precious to be taken away in blinding anger, and a new, better society can only be built in close cooperation of very...
Recent events have made it clear that Russia has little sympathy for Crimean Tatars, who fear that the annexation of their homeland to Russia will once again shake their community.
“Step by step, we have led Crimeans to realize their dream of returning home to Russia,” Vladimir Konstantinov, the...
Famous Crimean Tatar master of ceramics speaks of returning from deportation, reviving the Crimean Tatar material culture, arts and crafts, and of difficulties of the current situation at the peninsula.
Rustem Skibin is well-known by...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
