Russian Journalist Stabbed 20 Times, Apparently for Insulting Islam

The Atlantic ^ | May 29, 2012 | Adam Martin

[SteelToe]

Attacks on journalists are, unfortunately, not terribly uncommon in Russia, so it's weird that a radio presenter recently embroiled in controversy would comply with an anonymous midnight text asking him to come outside, where he was stabbed 20 times.

Our best guess as to why 46-year-old radio presenter Sergei Aslanyan apparently walked into an attack is that he's an automobile journalist, and probably not used to the kind of controversy in which he finds himself. The Guardian's Miriam Elder has the most detailed English-language account of the attack, which is still pretty slim:

Police sources said Aslanyan received a call from an unknown number just before midnight, inviting him outside for a chat. After leaving his home in southern Moscow, he was stabbed repeatedly in the chest, neck and arms by a man, or several men, wielding a knife.

Apparently Aslanyan insulted the prophet Muhammad in a broadcast, and his assailants were looking to get even for that. Russian news site RIA Novosti reports: "On May 14 on a live radio show on Radio Mayak, Aslanyan discussed the question of choosing a new car, and used the expression, 'from rags to riches,' in the context of a discussion about the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, in a manner which has drawn condemnation from some parts of the Muslim community, with some pro-Islamic media publishing negative articles referring to the remarks."

[Uncle Miltie]

Islam sucks.

Mohammed was a pedophile.

It bears repeating by everyone when articles like this appear.

[The Sons of Liberty]

“The west (and I include Russia) had better wise up about these swine before its too late.”

You would've thought that after Breslin, where ragheads murdered over 380 people, mostly school children, Russia would be hunting these animals, but they have apparently gone soft like the west.

[TexasRepublic]

“You would’ve thought that after Breslin, where ragheads murdered over 380 people, mostly school children, Russia would be hunting these animals, but they have apparently gone soft like the west.”

If the Russian government turned a blind eye to reprisals, I think the general population would take care of the islamic problem. The same scenario could also apply here. We once knew how to deal with murderous redskins.