Projects : Culture activities

Get Aquainted with Culture and Traditions

In many regions of
Ukraine local organizations are offering effective Sunday schools for the Arabic language. It is one of the most ancient languages in the world, the language of the Holy Quran, being spoken today by more than 350 million people. Besides the lessons of Arabic, the introduction to the oriental culture and the basics of Muslim faith are also involved. In Sunday schools work highly qualified teachers, native speakers of the Arabic language, that is why the students have the opportunity to communicate with the native speakers. The teachers apply the program they have designed themselves, as well as modern methods for teaching that include various didactic material such as demonstration tables, audio-recordings, video, role plays, etc. In addition, there are lessons on culture, history, arts, geography of Islamic East. Special courses are arranged for the intensive studying of Arabic during summer camps.

Anyone who is interested may be admitted to the school and become a student, irrespective of his/her religion, confession, race, nation, age, social status, etc. In fact, most of the students are non-Muslims.

Aquaintance with Islamic culture and traditions is not limited just by Sunday schools. In 2006 the “Alraid” Association started the project “Get Acquainted with Islam: without Extremes and Stereotypes”. This is the whole series of lectures on different topics, such as, “Woman in Islam”, “Personality of the Prophet”, “Military-Political System of Islam”, “Bases of Islamic Creed”, etc. The lectures are accompanied by slide-show, they are counted on students and scholars, journalists and civil servants, who because of their work need knowledge about Islam from primary sources.

The main aim of this project, which is, by the way, was successfully approved in several universities of
Eastern Ukraine, is to provide Ukrainian society with truthful information about Islam and Muslims, to debunk existing myths and to achieve peace and agreement among different cultures.