Chechens
Freedom Fighters or Terrorists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12416807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chaim Shinar (Ono Academic College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-142 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798718000625 |
| OpenAlex | W2897602543 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This article seeks to answer the following research questions: (1) why have the Chechen leaders become extremely religious, whereas at the beginning of the Russo-Chechen conflict in the 1990s, they were predominantly secular; and (2) what led the Chechens to use terrorism to fulfil their aspirations for complete independence from Russia. The article shows that the flow of foreign religious terrorists into the republic, as well as financial assistance to the Chechen population and its fighting leaders, turned the Chechen leaders from predominantly secular ones into extremely religious ones. At the same time, the traumatization of the Chechens by Russia’s disproportionate use of force against civilians was the reason that Chechens use terrorism against the Russian forces
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| Highly cited | No |