Book on prominent Ukrainian figures’ perception of Islam sees the light of day this year
Almost at the same time, when the Azerbaijani political scientist, Timur Atayev, presented his books in Kyiv, the presentation of another book, published thanks to the AUASO “Alraid” assistance, was launched in Lviv.
On September 19, in Ivan Franko Literary and Memorial Museum, Candidate of Philological Science, Solomiya Vivchar, spoke about her work Ukrainian Enlighteners and Islam. A well-known orientalist and translator of the Quran into Ukrainian, Mykhailo Yakubovych, wrote the foreword to the book. The Head of the Museum, Bohdan Tykholoz, was a moderator of this event, launched at the 25th Lviv International Book Forum.
Invited to the presentation, Lviv ICC imam, Murat Suleymanov, thanked Solomiya Vivchar for her research which reflects the prominent Ukrainian figures’ perception of Islam. This topic has not been raised by anyone for a long time, taking into account the Soviet position after the Crimean and Volyn Tatars had been totally deported.
The author has been collecting materials for more than two years, has analyzed many works, starting from the chronicles of the Ancient Rus’ times. She paid the particular attention to the works of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, Panteleimon Kulish, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, Agatangel Krymskyi, Mykhailo Kotsyubynskyi, Lesia Ukrainka, and also writers of the 20th century.
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