All I can say Fatimah is that if I was a Russian Muslim right now, I would be very, very scared of Putin.
Let's never forget that Putin came to power in 1999, right after directing a war against Muslims in power in the Chechnya region of the North Caucasus when he was prime minister. He's targeted Muslims for political success before, and he'll do it again.
Some choice quotes:
"Some political forces use Islam, the radical currents within it ... to weaken our state and create conflicts on Russian soil that can be managed from abroad," Putin told Muslim clerics meeting in Ufa, Bashkortostan's capital, in southern Russia.
"We must fight back hard against extremists who, under the banners of radicalism, nationalism and separatism, are trying to split our society,”
All I can say Fatimah is that if I was a Russian Muslim right now, I would be very, very scared of Putin.
Let's never forget that Putin came to power in 1999, right after directing a war against Muslims in power in the Chechnya region of the North Caucasus when he was prime minister. He's targeted Muslims for political success before, and he'll do it again.
Some choice quotes:
"Some political forces use Islam, the radical currents within it ... to weaken our state and create conflicts on Russian soil that can be managed from abroad," Putin told Muslim clerics meeting in Ufa, Bashkortostan's capital, in southern Russia.
"We must fight back hard against extremists who, under the banners of radicalism, nationalism and separatism, are trying to split our society,”