Moscow has jailed members of the Muslim community in Crimea since it annexed the Ukrainian peninsula. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday criticised Russia’s treatment of the Muslim-minority Tatar community in Kremlin-controlled Crimea and vowed to recapture the peninsula from Russia during a first official state iftar.
“Russia’s attempt to enslave Ukraine... began exactly with the occupation of Crimea, exactly with repressions against Crimean, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar freedom and of Crimean Muslims,” he told Ukrainian Muslim leaders and ambassadors from Muslim countries. Moscow then banned the Mejlis – the traditional assembly of the Tatar Muslim minority in Crimea – declaring it an extremist organisation and has jailed members of the community since, citing security concerns.
Mr Zelensky, speaking at a mosque outside the centre of the capital, announced that Ukraine was beginning a new tradition of hosting an official iftar, the meal breaking the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
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