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Caucasus Emirate: New Leader, an Old Choice, and an Uncertain Future

Video: 2014 Abu Mukhammad’s 24-minute address was posted late on 22 March 2014 on the insurgency websites KavkazCenter, Hunafa, vdagestan.com, Kavkazjihad.com, Islamdin, and Djamaattakbir. Abu Mukhammad challenges several aspect in the video:“If you have the courage, then say that you are not fighting for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and that you spit on him.” He explains that “those who believe in Allah fight on the path of Allah.  This is why we consider you infidels.” He also calls on officers to join the insurgency to prevent the ongoing “genocide of Muslims” in the North Caucasus, rather than “wait until all Muslims have been wiped out.”;Abu Mukhammad rejects the Chechen Republic head Kadyrov’s repeated references to North Caucasus insurgents as “shaitans,” or devils: “Who after that is the real shaitan? Either you believe that Putin is a Muslim who lives by Shari'a law, or you have no reason to be angry with us for simply quoting…

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Bill Pearce

Bill Pearce

While studying theology at university, Bill continued his personal studies in ethnology, contacting any expert or indigenous person who could give him greater perspective in this study. During this...