Problematic Issues of Institutional Development of Islamic Associations in Contemporary Ukraine
Journal: Digital Commons - George Fox University (George Fox University)
Year: 2020

The article analyzes the revival of the Islamic religion which began in Ukraine in the 1990s. The authors point to the problematic issues of the institutional establishment of Islamic associations in contemporary Ukraine. In particular, four stages of development of Islam in independent Ukraine, which have their own institutional and ideological characteristics, are distinguished. Thus, the first stage was the creation of the first three spiritual administrations (the Spiritual Administration of