~In Russia, people are routinely killed, imprisoned, or tortured by the regime, and that includes people who pointed the finger at Moscow for the Moscow apartment building explosions. There is no controversy about this.~
Ok, I won’t argue. Your dedication to this idea is truly religious. It is useless to use arguments in this case.
~You sure? Let’s examine the evidence. Note the hand sign the “secular” is giving in the back. It is an Islamic hand sign.~
I said “secular”, I haven’t said “atheists”. We have to consider their background.
If you were more honest, you would say "I cannot argue against you because what you say is true."
I said “secular”, I haven’t said “atheists”. We have to consider their background.
Their background is that they are from Chechnya, where Putin is building an Islamic caliphate of his own:
"The Kadyrovs were once rebels themselves. Then they switched sides. Since Akhmat's death, the Kremlin has relied on Ramzan and his armed militia to put down the insurgency and to rebuild Chechnya.
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There are sushi bars, beauty parlours, skyscrapers, even a "karaoke comedy club". Billions of dollars of aid from Moscow have funded the facelift and helped the Chechen capital rise from the rubble.
While rebuilding Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov is promoting what he calls "traditional Islam": it is making Chechnya feel less and less part of Russia.
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Alcohol is no longer freely available in the shops; there are segregated sports facilities for men and women; at the computer store, you can buy an iPad and pick up a free copy of the Koran; painted on the ceiling of my Grozny hotel room is an arrow pointing towards Mecca.
"I'm terrified. I think 10 years from now, we'll have raised a whole generation of religious extremists”
Anonymous Chechen woman
Under Mr Kadyrov, there is also a stricter Islamic dress code. I meet one woman who tells me that she had been threatened for not wearing a headscarf in public.
She is deeply concerned by the policy of Islamisation. Fearing reprisals, the woman asks to remain anonymous."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19627632