[dennisw]

“Tell Putin to stop building mosques in Russia.”

Putin has a thing for the Muslims same as Hitler did. Putin has been sucking up to Iranian Mullahs forever. Hitler admired them and deployed some Balkan Muslims in WW2.

[Zhang Fei]

[Putin has a thing for the Muslims same as Hitler did. Putin has been sucking up to Iranian Mullahs forever. Hitler admired them and deployed some Balkan Muslims in WW2.]

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I suspect it’s more balance of power more than anything else. He keeps the factions at each other’s throats so they don’t connive against him. Wisely, as it turns out. If a certain coup plotter had gotten a few more buy-ins from Putin’s direct reports, we might be talking about President Prigozhin today. Christianity’s render unto Caesar works much better for regime stability.

Islam is an extremely fractious religion. Even in Muhammad’s time, Muslims fought each other like cats and dogs. A religion that gives rebels the stamp of approval by saying any outcome is Allah’s will is not something you want to take up as a state religion.