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Originally posted by RACooper
Actually Chechans are Christians and Muslims... again I saw nothing released by the rebels/terrorists that stated that they were motivated by religion... it has yet to be proven that they were "Islamists" or whatever you care to label them. Why do you feel a need to catagorize the rebels/terrorists so simply? Does it make it easier to understand or dismiss the situation if you can catagorize them as Muslim or Arab?
Historically the region has tie-ins with Muslim and Christian resistance to the Soviet regime, as the region was seen by Soviets as the first line of defense against the spread of religion from the south. Now many of the leaders of the Chechen seperatist movement have ties to Afghanistan (as soldiers or rebels) or to the oppression of the relgious movements by the Soviets (again as soldiers or resisters).
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A whole lot of phooey. 20 year old Arab fighters are in Chechnya because of religion. Call it whatever you want.
http://www.msa-natl.org/national/chechnya/
As for those that aren't religious, I doubt you know what you're talking about. First of all Chechnya has a huge Muslim population with high birth rate and most of the fighters are Muslims. They are composed of the Sufi fighters and also the Vakhabite movement - the Vakhabites want to run the state based on Sharia but both are still Muslim.
-Rudey
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