Don't get me wrong, but even here- read posts from Russian posters and try to understand struggles, that Independence aiming nations of Caucasus have gone through... last resort- bombers...
Oh, shut up. You seriously support terrorists who kill innocent people? Maybe I should say: good for Al Qaeda, pulled off 9/11, good job, Osama! Want me to say that? I don't, won't. I am better than that.
There were atrocities on both sides in that war. Nothing justifies terrorism.
In any case, I note how Talgat Tajuddin, the head Mufti (Islamic leader) in Russia, immediately met with Putin and said, again, that these crimes are committed by 'subhumans', that Russian Muslims are for a 'united, strong, respected Russia', and that they are prepared to help victims and their families any way they can. They are trying to distance themselves.
It is funny, this situation. The official Russian Islam, as represented by Mr. Tajuddin, is based on the Sufi model, from South Asia, from India: peaceful, moderate, tolerant. That is the Islam followed by most Russian Muslims. Many of those are soldiers in the Russian military; Specnaz fighters; policemen; or FSB agents/troops. The rebels in North Caucasus, on the other hand, embrace Wahabism, the militant, violent form of Islam promoted by groups like the Taliban. It is, actually, a civil war, between different segments of Russia's Muslim population...