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"Dilaver Saidakhmetov's grandfather wasn’t a practicing Muslim, but that didn’t
stop him building a mosque.
After decades of Soviet authorities burning Islamic literature and shutting
down Islamic schools, Crimean Tatars were deported in the hundreds of thousands
to Central Asia and Siberia in 1944. So almost none of the Crimean Tatars who
returned to Crimea in the 1970s were very devout Muslims.
But that didn’t stop them building mosques, and slowly trying to regain their
heritage. “When Crimean Tatars returned, they built mosques wherever they
could,” said Dilaver.
The story of Crimean Tatars and how they used Islam to protect their heritage
and culture is one chapter in a wider story of how people in Ukraine are
protecting and preserving their identity and heritage against Russian
aggression."
Via Mark Lansbury and Susan ****.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
