Originally posted by Edbert MOL
Kum Buy Yah....keep dreaming, whirrled peas might happen one day. Until then I am with boroda, the world would be a nicer place minus a billion muslims, give or take a few.
I am not against Moslims. JFYI: Chechens are hated by almost all other Moslim nations in Caucasus. Dagestan militants fought them maybe even better then Russian army in 1999.
Moslim nations such as Tatars are the main foundations of Russian state.
Russian Empire have always been tolerant to religions other then official Orthodox. There were even special medals issued for Moslim warriors, for example St.George's Cross for Moslims had Arabic letters instead of St. George on a horse, because picturing people and animals is against Koran.
150 years ago Chechens were pagans. Prehistoric tribal society that parasited on caravan ways and neighbouring lands.