“I haven’t investigated, but it’s just possible the Chechen muslims sent against Georgia were not sunni but shia; I can’t imagine Russia being able to persuade sunni fanatics to fight each other.”
Georgia is a Christian nation, one of the oldest in the world.
“I’m spinning nothing”
You sure do, you post pictures of Putin with ROC priests to push forward “he is a Christian” nonsense, you post his pictures with Obama to generate “He is against Obama, so he must be fine” feeling, you bring up Islam, when in fact it is irrelevant in case of Ukrainian crisis.
“... you bring up Islam, when in fact it is irrelevant in case of Ukrainian crisis.”
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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...