Non-existent Islamism. How the Kremlin propaganda is affecting Ukrainian Muslims
Journal: Digital Repository of Ostroh Academy (Ostroh Academy)
Year: 2017

"Islam is a very difficult line of work," said the KGB agent in a 1990s comedy. Strangely, these words from an already forgotten Russian film turned out to be almost prophetic for Islam throughout the post-Soviet space. It is no secret that Muslims are perceived to be somewhat different to followers of other religions: the attitude towards them is much more suspicious and this is a trend that has been around for many years. More liberal Muslims will argue that all this is the result of false ste