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To: Grzegorz 246

“... you bring up Islam, when in fact it is irrelevant in case of Ukrainian crisis.”

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140314-crimea-tatars-referendum-russia-muslim-ethnic-history-culture/

WHO ARE THE CRIMEAN TARTARS?

....Some of the children of the deported—raised in Uzbekistan and now adults—have returned to become leaders. Refat Chubarov, head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, the representative body of the Tatars, has called on his people—there are now approximately 300,000 Tatars in Crimea—to peacefully boycott the referendum. Nevertheless, some Crimean Tatars have vowed to oppose secession, with force if necessary.

According to Western press reports, some Tatars fighting with the rebels in Syria have offered to return to join the cause...


91 posted on 05/11/2014 2:56:59 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
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To: Fred Nerks

Again, Muslims are a tiny share of Ukraine’s population, most of them are living in Crimea, which has just been stolen by your beloved shirtless POS, If they revolt (and I hope they will) It will be internal Russian problem. In the “mainland” Ukraine there are hardly any of them. Therefore Islam is non issue here, no matter how much you try to spin it into “Christian Putin fighting against Islam”.


93 posted on 05/11/2014 4:29:26 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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