The Crimean Tatar Muslim Community: Between Annexed Crimea and Mainland Ukraine
Journal: Studia Religiologica
Year: 2019

The aim of this article is the description of the religious, cultural, social, and political situation of the Crimean Tatar Muslims both living in Crimea and outside of the Russia-annexed territory of Crimea in mainland Ukraine. 1 The Crimean Tatar Muslims in mainland Ukraine may be divided into two categories, those who lived there before Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, and those who settled there after -internally displaced persons from Crimea. In the case of the latter, one significant