Posted on 04/30/2011 1:38:31 PM PDT by kiki04
Was it a call to bring the revolts and violence of the “Arab Spring” now sweeping the Middle East to Russia? That is the question that swirled throughout Moscow when a top imam called for the addition of the Islamic crescent moon symbol to the Russian emblem. The surprise call by Talgat Tadzhuddin during an interview with a leading Russian newspaper was met with alarm because the imam heads the Central Spiritual Association of Muslims of Russia, a major regional Islamic association. As quickly as the word of the proposal became public it ignited a wave of condemnation. “According to this logic,” Georgiy Vilinbakhov, head of Russia’s Heraldry Service argued, “we must change the name of Russia, put a green stripe on or flag and move the capital city from Moscow to somewhere on the border between Europe and Asia.”
The fears of renewed tension between the state and the Islamist were exacerbated because Moscow had just seen serious clashes between Islamic and Russian youths. Moreover, Russia has been involved in a number of disputes along its southern tier that pit predominately Muslim populations seeking autonomy and Islamic governance against Russian troops.
In Chechnya, for example, Russia has fought two brutal wars and been the subject of major terror attacks by Islamic separatists from the region. The two most significant were the 2004 attack on a school in Beslan that left more than 300 dead and the 2002 siege at a Nord Ost theater by 50 Chechen soldiers that left at least 170 dead. Both attacks left relations with Russia’s Islamic community in a fragile state.
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...a top imam called for the addition of the Islamic crescent moon symbol to the Russian emblem.Bad news, Putin -- Obama stands with the Muzzies. Save everyone a lot of trouble and just add the Islamic symbol the flag. Get it over with. Don't *make* him get out the Reset Button again.
Putin allows Muslim youths in Moscow?
Hello kiki04,
Hope you were no where near the tornados in your part of Miss?
I’m pleased as punch that the russians have their own little personal problem with the moose limbs.
And they will continue to regrret arming the moosie turds for decades to come.
We were spared, but spent a few nights sleeping in the hallway listing to sirens!
At least there are clashes. In France and UK Islamic youths are just slaughtering other shrinking youths one way.
Just DAMN,
Sounds like us here around Port St. Lucie taking on three hurricanes in two years, you just hunker down and listen and wait and wonder, Pray and worry.
>> Putin allows Muslim youths in Moscow?
There are large Chechen and Central Asian Muslim diasporas in Moscow. Lots of menial jobs are taken by illegal immigrants from the former Soviet “stans”.
Ethnic tensions have been recently rising.
I’ve read France has 750+ “no-go” zones where the imams essentrules make the rules. I highly doubt Vlad would tolerate such an environment, but I’m guessing we will soon see, huh? Read up on the “no-go” zones ... interesting/scary stuff.
Well, in 1993 muslims have started to kill infidels in Grozny establishing a first Russian no-go zone there.
It was a city like Dallas.
Find a pics of this place a few years later.
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