“They tried to forget us, as if we never even lived there,” says Circassian architect Abdullah Makhmudovic Berisov. Now 67 years old, Berisov speaks about the pain he feels when thinking of the 2014 ...

Amman, Jordan – On February 7, about 300 ethnic Circassians gathered for a brief demonstration in front of the Russian embassy here in the Jordanian capital. Holding signs with slogans such as: “No to ...

It has been 158 years since the Russian Empire exiled the Circassians from the Caucasus region, regarded as strategically important. In an effort to seize the northern Caucasus as part of its goal of ...

While Vladimir Putin and rich Olympic sponsors watch the Winter Games in gleaming arenas, boys in nearby Bolshoi Kichmai herd their goats by tying them to rickety bicycles, riding against the wind ...

SOCHI — As thousands of visitors enjoy the Winter Olympic venues in Sochi, there is a growing argument about the history of the land they were built on. Russia forcefully expelled the indigenous ...

BOLSHOI KICHMAI, Russia (AP) While Vladimir Putin and rich Olympic sponsors watch the Winter Games in gleaming arenas, boys in nearby Bolshoi Kichmai herd their goats by tying them to rickety bicycles ...

Members of a Circassian ethnic group shout slogans during a protest against the Olympics in front of the Russian Consulate in Istanbul, Feb. 2, 2014. Members of a Circassian ethnic group shout slogans ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - After the military campaigns of tsarist Russia in 1863–64, which resulted in the ethnic cleansing of Circassians and the displacement of many Muslim communities from the ...

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington. Frankie Martin, an Ibn Khaldun Chair Research ...