Against Quote by Stephen Kinzer

Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens.

— Barton Gellman

Chechens are not ethnically or culturally Russian, and have now been fighting for generations to free themselves from Russian rule.

— Stephen Kinzer

A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for…

— Aslan Maskhadov

Paradise lies at the feet of the mother. So how can a Chechen, a Muslim, violate the rights of women?

— Ramzan Kadyrov

The Russians have been waging wars with these separatists since the 19th century, but for obvious reasons, Chechen separatist terrorism tends to be carried…

— Peter Bergen

I am a son of the Chechen people. I am no different from anyone else.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.

— Aasif Mandvi

Chechnya is a pressure cooker of Islamist anger

— Dennis Prager

The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims.

— Hamza Yusuf

Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

— Aasif Mandvi

People in Washington, D.C., may not be paying that much attention to what's happening in Chechnya, but people in Riyadh and Amman and elsewhere…

— Fiona Hill

Muslims know that Islam clashes with Western Civilization. They make no bones about choosing Islam over their new home country, like the Syrians in…

— Milo Yiannopoulos