The AUASO "Alraid" expresses its condolences concerning the death of the chairman of the Council of Ministries of the ARC, Vasily Dzharty, who died on the night on August, 17th, 2011, after long illness. He was operated in Moscow and then took a ten-day rehabilitation course in the Crimean resort "Gliciniya" ("Wisteria").
On Thursday, August, 11th, 2011, in one of halal restaurants of Kiev took place a diplomatic iftar, organized by the all-Ukraine Association of Social Organizations "Аlraid". To the action were invited ambassadors of the Islamic states, and also a number public secular persons and clergy.
The holy month's beginning is based on sighting of the moon which is usually confirmed by religious authorities. However in multicultural Ukraine, some Muslim communities go ahead with the date announced by their countries of origin and others follow the date of their country of residence.
Visit to the Islamic Social Cultural Center takes you though into a different reality. Hard to believe that dozens of people perform namaz in broad daylight at the center of the capital, which outwardly looks very monocultural and monoreligious.
On August, 10th, representatives of the AUASO "Alraid" and the RAMU "Ummah", Sheikh Imad Abu-al-Rubb, Mufti Said Ismagilov, and Igor Karpishen visited the Muslims who are prisoners of the Zhitomir corrective colony No4. At the present time it contains Muslims of the Arabian, Turkish, Pakistan and Iranian origin.
In the days of the Holy Month of Ramadan regional representation of the AUASO "Аlraid" in Crimea, with support of the Kuwaiti organization “Ar-Rahma al-Amin” (“World mercy”) organized distribution of grocery sets for orphans and the needy.
The beginning of the most hot summer month of this year coincides with the beginning of the month of Muslim fast, Ramadan. Association "Аlraid" joins the recommendation of the European Council on Fatwa and Research which declared the first day of Ramadan on August, 1st, 2011.
"Proclaim in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created"! This very ayat from the Sura "The Clot" [96:1] became the beginning of revelation to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) during the month of Ramadan. Therefore in the Muslim world it already became traditional to arrange competitions of readers of the Quran during this Holy Month which is also named "the Month of the Quran”; and the Ukrainian Muslims follow this example too.
This year already traditionally Islamic cultural centers invite Islamic scholars for enrichment of knowledge of Muslims of Ukraine in the Holy Month of Ramadan.
At the University Umm al-Qurah which is located next to the mosque al-Haram in Makkah, the World Islamic League with support of the king of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah ibn Abd-al-Aziz As-Saud, organized a conference "Islamic world. Problems and ways of their decision".
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