By now, all of us have heard of the war torn Chechnya. What we are not aware of is the fact that Chechen rebels are actually appreciating Islam and the President is doing almost everything to revive the Sufi movement in this part of the world. Here in Chechnya, the Muslim religious sect - Sufi, is gaining popularity. Instead of being a secular Muslim force, the Chechen rebels have pledged their allegiance to Islam.

The Chechen rebels have been backed by the Russian security forces. The rebels have pretty much declared a open war against the folks who go against Islam as well as the Muslims. So, one of their prime enemies unfortunately, is the US. Surprisingly, the Chechen rebels have declared Jihad against the West!

This is what surprises me the most. As far as I was aware, the Muslim fundamentalists are mostly based in Middle East. I had no clue that there was a growing Muslim Jihadist community in Chechnya! The Chechen rebels are growing strong day by day. What makes them stronger? Government officials claim that these folks present the idea of glorified death, fighting for God and the Muslim religion to the unemployed youth. Eventually the young generation falls in the trap and joins the ‘rebellion’.

The new mosques that are coming up throughout the republic, will be preaching Islamic fundamentalism to the citizens of Chechen republic. According to the preachers as these mosque, the new mosques are coming up in order to give people hope as well as revive entire Chechnya. In a way, these mosques will act as a recruiter for Chechen rebels. Whatever the ulterior motive might be, the mosques will be able to accommodate about 10,000 worshipers as well as have an Islamic school. Muslims hope that the mosque will ‘radiate’ goodness all around Chechnya. Although, I think that the war torn country is far from seeing any revival

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