Somehow, Moscow fails to see this trend as the direct threat to its sovereignty that it is. “Muslim revival brings polygamy, camels to Chechnya,” by Amie Ferris-Rotman for Reuters, December 16: GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Adam, 52, keeps his three wives in different towns to stop them squabbling, but the white-bearded Chechen adds he might […]
Misunderstanders of Islam suspected in Russia train bomb
The “rebels,” of course, are Islamic jihadists — holding to the same ideology and belief-system as the Iranians whom the Russians have been foolishly and short-sightedly aiding. “Murder on the Nevsky Express,” by Matthew Campbell and Anna Voutsen in the Sunday Times, November 29: The first sign of something wrong as the Nevsky Express raced […]
Chechen jihadists came from 50 countries
But remember: this is just a nationalist struggle that has nothing to do with Islam! Kadyrov himself asserts that these jihadists have “perverted Islam,” but as ever, he doesn’t explain how. “Kadyrov: Representatives of 50 states helped Chechens in Jihad against Russia,” from Interfax, September 28 (thanks to James): Grozny, September 28, Interfax – All […]
Caucasus: “It’s not separatism anymore, it’s a jihadist insurgency”
Even Human Rights Watch noticed. But this report is suffused with denial that anything in the substance of Islamic beliefs could have a role here. Islamic jihad is almost always portrayed as a reaction to something; the assumption is that there has to be something to blame, and if it hadn’t happened, maybe the jihad […]