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US Offers Citizenship To 7000 Ahiska Muslims
Islam Online ^ | July 24, 2005 | Damir Ahmed

Posted on 02/25/2006 7:10:24 PM PST by Imnotalib

KRASNODAR, Russia, July 24, (IslamOnline.net) - The United States has agreed to grant citizenship to 7,000 Ahiska Muslims who will be settled in Pennsylvania, reported a Russian newspaper on Friday, July 23.

The first 11-strong batch of the Ahiska Muslims, living in the Russian province of Krasnodar, left for Geneva on Thursday, July 22, before flying to Philadelphia, reported Novie Izvestia.

It added that the Muslims would be housed near the grand mosque in Philadelphia.

The paper recalled that Krasnodar governor Alexander Tkachev was notified of the American decision on February 15.

Izvestia said the Russian government does not treat Ahiska Muslims as citizens and has not therefore given them passports or IDs.

An official in Krasnodar administration had told Interfax on Tuesday, July 20, that of the 11,999 Ahiska Muslims living in the region, 4,943 have received Russian citizenship and 744 have embarked on Russian naturalization procedures.

He added that more than 5,000 others have expressed a desire to emigrate to the United States.

Earlier, Chingiz Neiman-zade, chairman of Vatan, a Meskheti Turks association based in Georgia, said the United States had offered to accept the Ahiska Muslims living in Krasnodar as immigrants.

"On February 16, the International Migration Organization began an information program in Krasnodar to explain the terms for the resettlement of the Ahiska Muslims in the U.S.," he told Chicago Tribune on Thursday, July 22.

"The immigrants will be provided with housing and furniture, they will be helped to learn the English language and to complete formalities needed for residence in the US, which is especially important, and have been promised life-long welfare allowances for pensioners and the disabled."

Happiness

Ahiska Muslims were happy with the American offer.

"This decision marks a great change in our life", said Tepeshon Swanidze, leader of the Ahiska Muslim community in Russia.

"We thank the US administration for its humanitarian decision", he added.

Ahiska Muslims , originally hailing from Anatolia, were exiled from their homeland after Russia seized the region of Ahiska following its 1828-1829 war with the Ottoman Empire.

Many Ahiska Muslims were forced to seek refugee in Erzurum in eastern Turkey after being persecuted by the Russian Cesar for supporting the Ottoman Empire.

Facing a similar fate under the notorious Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Ahiska Muslims fled to Uzbekistan in 1944.

One year later, they went to Azerbaijan where they currently reside.

Turkish and Azeri parliamentarians had recently appealed for an international intervention to pressure the Georgian government into allowing the return of Ahiska Muslims.

Ahiska became part of Georgia in 1918.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2stupid4words; 4what; ahiska; ahiskamuslims; border; immigrantlist; islam; jihadinamerica; muslim; muslims; ohgoodie; peace; religion; russia; terror; terrorist; why; whywhywhy
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To: Strategerist

The truly important thing regarding this story is that every American citizen would have no trouble believing the jackals in washington have okd this. I dont know if its true or not, but yes, I know they would do such a thing.


201 posted on 02/26/2006 3:32:38 AM PST by son of caesar
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To: Imnotalib
If the geniuses at Foggy Bottom do bring in 7,000 muzzies they should at least dilute their muzziness by spreading them throughout the country.

By plunking them down in one spot, a muzzie ghetto, the muzzies will have no compelling reason to integrate. They will not learn English, will live under Sharia law, the young will not be able to earn a living and will become candidates for al Qaeda.

Simply unbelievable.
202 posted on 02/26/2006 3:37:57 AM PST by Beckwith (The liberal press has picked sides ... and they have sided with the Islamofascists)
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To: Kolokotronis

The march of the bots will soon ensue. Be prepared to be called racist, xenophobic, anti-muslim, etc etc etc.


203 posted on 02/26/2006 5:30:51 AM PST by chris1
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To: Imnotalib

The first president bush, brought thousands of iraqi muzzies to the OKC area IIRC......................

We see what happened there.................


204 posted on 02/26/2006 5:37:26 AM PST by WhiteGuy ("Every Generation needs a new revolution" - Jefferson)
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To: upchuck

You're darn right it isn't funny.

I posted it because I thought it tied into the UAE thing - our goverment is so politically correct that it refuses to even recognize who our enemies are.

We are Constitutionally allowed to discriminate against anyone who isn't a citizen. We don't have to apply any kind of fairness doctrine to those who want to immigrate. Nor do we have to apply it to foreign companies who want to do business here.


205 posted on 02/26/2006 5:41:36 AM PST by Imnotalib
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To: Politicalmom
Looks like the sponsor is the United States Gov't, and they are guaranteeing the future of these new wards of the state.

Hey, it's only 7,000; it's not like the Entire Island of Puerto Rico.....which collects Social Security and pays no U.S. income tax!

206 posted on 02/26/2006 5:43:01 AM PST by AmericanDave (More COWBELL....................)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

"I'd rather give citizenship to the white farmers of Zimbabwe."

Me too. However, the only pc move is to give these rights to a group that would love to tear down the US as w3e know it.


207 posted on 02/26/2006 5:45:21 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: AmericanDave

Hey Dave,
We are already paying for it. Who do you think is footing this part of the plan?

"The immigrants will be provided with ... and have been promised life-long welfare allowances for pensioners and the disabled."

Idiots in Congress one and all! Or are we the idiots for letting them do this?


208 posted on 02/26/2006 7:28:45 AM PST by a02001
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To: a02001

"Or are we the idiots for letting them do this?"

I'm afraid we only have the political process to change things; I no longer support the RNC, (over Border Security and Income Tax issues). I would think seriously about not re-electing Bush if he WERE elligble, not because he means ill; but because he seems increasingly inept in choosing his advisors and staff. He lets his enemies frame all the issues: like this port bouhaha....

Meanwhile many of the Democrats actualy DO mean ill towards our country......


209 posted on 02/26/2006 8:26:58 AM PST by AmericanDave (More COWBELL....................)
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To: Mike Darancette
I would imagine that they would have to go through some type of naturalization process and not just granted.

You would think, unless it was done by some obscure committee like CFIUS which operates in secret from Congress and the American people.
210 posted on 02/26/2006 9:16:53 AM PST by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: Ciexyz
Since I'm venting here: I too have stopped giving to the RNC and other Pubbies who hound me for donations. And I'm sick of the church telling me to give tithes and offerings over above my tithes. The pastors are living better than me, and then they send my money overseas or give it to immigrants who are taking our jobs. I am thoroughly sick of their pleas that I buy my way into heaven.

Does your church still offer indulgences? I'm not aware of there being any way for one to buy their way into Heaven.

What you've described sounds more like televangelist heresy or Islam rather than Bible-based Christianity--if I'm understanding you correctly.
211 posted on 02/26/2006 11:12:52 AM PST by Das Outsider (The chief end of man is not civil freedom.)
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To: Euro-American Scum
Careful. The Bushbots will accuse you of being a socialist, protectionist, paleo-con, not to mention a hate-filled, homophobic bigot.

And a--say it with me now--racist.

The victims of slander have become the victimizers.
212 posted on 02/26/2006 11:16:28 AM PST by Das Outsider (The chief end of man is not civil freedom.)
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To: voiceinthewind
They were sponsored by the Lutheran services.

They were sponsored by the Lutheran Social Services of Michigan. The following page, Affiliations, lists them as being in fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

If you know anything about ELCA, it will all make sense.
213 posted on 02/26/2006 11:20:53 AM PST by Das Outsider (The chief end of man is not civil freedom.)
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To: McGavin999
The Cossacks! You're worried about the Cossacks?

These Muzzies are NOT Cossacks. You might want to reread the article.
214 posted on 02/26/2006 11:31:21 AM PST by GarySpFc (de oppresso liber)
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To: Imnotalib
Just what this country needs! NOT.

I'd say most of them, if not all, sympathize with al Qaeda. This country is going crazy.

215 posted on 02/26/2006 12:09:48 PM PST by Dante3
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To: Imnotalib

OMG! This is just sickening! Our ****** government is outta control!


216 posted on 02/26/2006 12:13:00 PM PST by Walkin Man
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To: Stellar Dendrite; Travis McGee; janetgreen; Spiff; Marine Inspector; DTogo; AZ_Cowboy; Itzlzha; ...
This should just thrill the hell out of Pennsylvania. Pretty clever, too, that granting them immediate citizenship bit. Gives them access to our courts and makes it almost impossible to get rid of them later.

One more example of "compassionate conservatism" as practiced by the completely tone deaf White House. The phrase "stuck on stupid" comes to mind. They don't have enough trouble as it is, just with their completely unacceptable attitude on the illegal alien issue. Now they want to piss us all off even more by importing, at worst, potential Muslim terrorists or, at best, quiet supporters and enablers of Muslim terrorists.

Taking this risk is totally insane. The White House is going to hear plenty on this one, and it won't be applause. I'll be calling my Washington crapweasels first thing Monday morning.

Of all the people we might consider letting into this country, Muslims shouldn't just be at the bottom of the list, they shouldn't be on the list at all.

217 posted on 02/26/2006 1:18:42 PM PST by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: Imnotalib

We should be exporting Muslims, not importing them. And WTF are they moving to the "Great Satan". Words cannot describe how sick of Islam I am. It's a pestilence invented by a false prophet. Early on it was considered a heresy by The Church. Now it's just a 7th century lynch mob


218 posted on 02/26/2006 1:23:05 PM PST by dennisw (There is no false prophet but Muhammad and Allah is his sock puppet)
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To: devolve

Bumpity bump, I replied on another thread. Cheney can shoot with his finger now?? LOL.


219 posted on 02/26/2006 1:25:30 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

or the Boers


220 posted on 02/26/2006 1:44:08 PM PST by Hill of Tara
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