Actually, we’ve already been told this again and again and again, but actions speak louder than words. “Muslim world must tell West Islam has nothing to do with terrorism: Kazakh President,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, June 28: (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The Muslim world must establish direct dialogue with the West and […]
Kazakhstan Prez: Muslim world must launch a media campaign to create a more positive image of Islam
Yeah, that’s all we need: yet another disingenuous media campaign about how Islam is peaceful. If it really were, Muslims wouldn’t have to go around insisting on it all the time. If Muslims wouldn’t keep committing acts of violence in the name of Islam, Islam wouldn’t have an image problem in the first place. “Nazarbayev: […]
Kazakhstan: Misunderstander of Islam blows himself up outside state security building
Islamic supremacism was long dormant in the Central Asian former Soviet republics. But that is changing now. “Kazakhstan: Suicide bomber targets Kazakh state security building,” from AKI, May 17 (thanks to C. Cantoni): May 17, Aktyubinsk (AKI) – A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday outside a regional security building in the western Kazakh […]
Pakistan: All 17 militants killed in gunbattle from Kazakhstan
From China Daily: The Pakistani military said that 17 militants gunned down near the Afghan border were all from Kazakhstan and included women and teenage youths. “We now believe the entire group was from Kazakhstan,” military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told AFP on Monday. He said the authorities recovered four passports and some documents […]
The growth of radical Islam in Central Asia
Background on the jihad in Uzbekistan, from Asia Times. Note that the jihadis were from middle-class families: Recent reports Prior to the recent terror attacks in Uzbekistan which claimed at least 19 lives, a spate of reports from the region shows ongoing Islamist activity and law-enforcement efforts to contain it. One report details the state […]