The Phenomenon of Islamophobia in the social and cultural world of Ukraine

Abstract

The growth of anti-Semitism, anti-Christianity and Islamophobia related to the discrimination, the intolerance as well as the hatred on the ground of national origin, gender, sexual and age is illustrative to the modern society. The analysis of Islamophobia is an integral part of the formation of the civil society in modern Ukraine. The outlook of Ukrainian studies of Islam requires the understanding of the symbolic meaning of Islam in social and cultural space of the country. The coverage of the media image of Islam allows to determine the specificity of the political ontology of Islamophobia in Ukraine.