Chechnya: Russia’s Islamic State?

The Wall Street journal publishes a piece on Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov’s Islamization of Chechnya. Women in Grozny must now wear the hijab or face drive-by paintball shootings an alcohol is effectively banned. Though Kaddyrov is allied with Putin, some Russians...

Bosnia’s radical Muslims defy crackdown

AFP covers the Bosnian government’s attempt to force Salafist (ultraconservative Sunni) Muslims to accept Bosnia’s organized religious structure. During the Bosnian war in the 90s, foreign fighters came into Bosnia and brought Salafism with them. Salafist...