There is no reason to doubt those who said they were forced to attend. After all, in Islam, virtue is enforced by the threat of dire punishments: stoning, amputation, etc. So why shouldn’t a display of moral outrage be the result of coercion as well? “Chechen authorities report about many-thousand-strong rally against Koran burning down,” […]
Chechen Mufti: Chechens fight for Russia in Ukraine ‘for the sake of Allah. They are at jihad.’
“Therefore, those who fight there, they fight for the sake of the Koran, for the sake of Allah, so that this dirt does not spread among us,” that is, the “dirt” of Western secular society. “They are at jihad, there is no doubt about that.” This will likely aid in recruitment efforts. “Chechen Mufti treats […]