Quote Originally Posted by Demonic_Duck View Post
You doubt that there's a cure? Well, there will never be a permanent cure for stupidity, but I think eventually (and it will take a long time, possibly many generations) there will be a cure for this kind of fanaticism.
stupidity and fanaticism are the two words I do not agree with.
These acts are planned and organized by people who can't be called stupid fanatics and that's what make them so dangerous.


What do you mean exactly by doubting that the people who make the decisions are Muslims? Are you saying they do not believe in their own minds that they are Muslims, or are you simply saying that they do not adhere to Islam as written in the Qur'an?
I'm saying that there can be non-muslim players who might want to stir as much antagonism between different religious confessions in Russia. If I was a crazy enough Russian nationalist (not stupid, but crazy) and wanted to carry out such an act to justify my planned atrocities against the muslims I would hire a stupid caucassian, brainwash him and make him blow himself out in the middle of the crowd. Then I would stand up and say 'Look, they attacked us, let's kill'em all!' Can you always rule out the possibility of a provokation completely? Russia is a very murky place right now and all kinds of wicked powerful people are lurking behind the scenes.

I think you're wrong on both counts. Their political motive is to spread Islam and Islamic laws to the West. And if you're taking the "Islam is a religion of peace" line, it's all a matter of interpretation. The Qur'an contains many contradictions (as does the Bible). You can make these "holy books" say almost anything you want through the right lens of interpretation. There are many peaceful, respectable, level-headed Muslims, but who's to say their interpretation is any less valid than those crazy zealots hiding out in some cave? This is the problem - if you take an outdated, ambiguous "holy book" as your only moral guide, you're going to have problems.
I'm not saying that all muslims are saint, nevertheless, I have many muslim friends (even relatives) whom I can't blame for what had happenned. Those seemingly easy ways to divide the people are usually wrong. You might even say that there are no 'easy way' to distinguish between bad people and good people and religion has nothing to do with it. I doubt that such distinction is possible at all. In fact I have a number of Slavic, ethnic Russians whom I hate more than Caucassians.