Jihad spreading in the North Caucasus. “Police Official Gunned Down in Russia’s Dagestan,” from RIA Novosti, November 5 (thanks to Maxwell): MOSCOW/MAKHACHKALA, November 5 (RIA Novosti) – A Police official was killed on Monday in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the Interior Ministry said. Lt. Col. Valery Aidayev, head of […]
Muslim cleric preaches peace, Islamic supremacists promptly shoot him dead
Why we don’t see more genuine Muslim reformers — not that Kalimulla Ibragimov seems to have been much of one, anyway: “Russia Caucasus: Imam shot dead in Derbent, Dagestan,” from the BBC, October 30 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Attackers have shot dead an imam and two of his male relations, as they drove […]
Dagestan: Imam who rejected “any form of violence and openly condemned the extremist insurgency” gunned down
Why we don’t see more Muslim reformers. “Religious Leader Killed in Russia’s Dagestan,” from RIA Novosti, June 29 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): An imam has been killed in a mosque in Russia’s southern Dagestan region, police said on Friday. The four masked assailants also killed another man and set the mosque on fire, […]
Dagestan: Jihad mass murderers kill 13, wound 122 in bombing at traffic post
More Islamophobia in the Caucasus. “Explosions in Dagestan Kill 13, Wound More Than 120,” from The Moscow Times, May 4 (thanks to David): Two explosions went off at a traffic post in Makhachkala late Thursday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 120 in what police have unequivocally ruled a terrorist attack. A […]