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Crimean Muslims
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Ukraine’s Muslim leaders united against Putin’s war; Russia’s very much divided
The leaders of the Muslim community in Ukraine are united in opposing the Russian invasion of their country,…
As long as Crimea remains occupied, Kurban-Bayram will have ‘special meaning’ for Crimean Tatars, mufti says
Mufti Ayder Rustemov, the head of the Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD) of Crimea who is now living in…
Muslims will trigger disintegration of new Russian empire, Ukrainian mufti says
Mufti Said Ismagilov, head of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Ukraine, says that the looming disintegration of…
Might Zelenskyi play the Muslim card against Russia?
Yesterday, incoming Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the leaders of the Muslim community of Ukraine for two…
Repression of Muslims in Crimea – a reflection of Moscow’s fear of Islam as an anti-colonial force
Zair Smedlyayev, a Crimean Tatar activist, and Said Ismagilov, the mufti of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD)…
“Stay, my people!” – last word of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Zeytullaev
I would like to appeal to my long-suffering people, who have sustained a lot of violence and forcible…