Can Simon & Schuster be far behind?
“Russia arrests the founder of the largest Islamic publishing house in Russia for financing ISIS,” Shafaq, April 30, 2021:
Shafaq News/ Russia has arrested on Thursday Aslambek Ezhayev, the director of the largest Islamic publishing house in Russia, “Ummah”, on suspicion of financing ISIS, according to the Federal Security Service.
The official representative of the Russian Investigation Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, said today, Friday investigators, in cooperation with the Federal Security Service and the Ministry of Interior, found that Ezhayev is involved in financing ISIS terrorist group.
Investigations revealed that since 2012, Ezhayev had held “multiple secret meetings with his counterparts and received funds to finance ISIS”
“Later, He transferred more than 34 million rubles (more than 455 thousand dollars) to people who are wanted in Russia for committing terrorist crimes.”…
Infidel says
I just don’t get why Putin, who doesn’t need muslim votes, bothers pandering to muslims at all. After the war in Chechnya, he should have done there and in Tatarstan what the Romanovs did in Siberia when they abolished the Sibir Khanate at Qashliq: completely de-islamize them. And especially w/ Kazakhstan de-russifying its northern Steppes, which were never a part of Kazakhstan during Romanov times but only became that under the Soviets (much like Crimea w/ Ukraine), Russia should just do what Stalin did to the Crimean Tatars and expel all (sunni) muslims to Kazakhstan (and any shi’a to Azerbaijan)
mortimer says
Russia has some 14 million Muslims and the Russians don’t want them riled up.
If less than one percent of them go on the jihad-path, several thousand jihadists working in concert can do a lot of damage.
gravenimage says
Infidel, sadly Russia regularly appeases Muslims.
And far from de-Islamifying Chechnya, Putin allowed Ramzan Kadyrov to turn it into a Shari’ah state.
mortimer says
BAKSHEESH ???
How much is Simon & Shuster receiving in BAKSHEESH from Islamic countries or rich Arabs? How will we find out? But perhaps, Simon & Shuster is also paying for ‘protection’ from jihadist attacks.
BAKSHEESH is defined as ‘A gratuity, tip, or bribe paid to expedite service, especially in the Near East.’
In Muslim-majority countries BAKSHEESH is the norm because Mohammed’s last command was to continue to give bribes.
Our Western governments have the responsibility of ensuring the freedom of the press and it’s our job as voters to tell the government we demand the press be adequately defended so they will not be targeted by JIHAD TERRORISM.
Bribery fits well with current administration in the White House, past masters of it.
gravenimage says
Mortimer, I doubt that any westerners are receiving baksheesh from Muslims. Typically baksheesh is used to either grease the wheels of a corrupt bureaurocracy or else it is “protection money” paid to prevent attack. Neither condition prevails in the west.
But Muslims *are* pouring money into academic and other institutions to gain influence with an eye to Islamizing them.
gravenimage says
Russia: Founder of the nation’s largest Islamic publishing house arrested for financing the Islamic State
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This does not surprise. Glad he was caught.