Ehh... Uhh... Err...
I'll deal with the trash about Islam first.
Vortexx, there is something you need to understand. The Qur'aan doesn't talk about Shari'a. That was made up by crazy fanatics who said it was what God wanted, but in all reality it says nothing about stoning women to death because they were raped in the Qur'aan.
As far as I'm aware (I'm not a Muslim), Islam is 100% capable with a Western lifestyle, minus alcohol, pork, gambling, and prostitution.
Qur'aanic Law is actually quite different from Shari'a, and actually gives many previously-unheardof rights to women such as inheritance of a spouse's posessions, being able to divorce her husband whenever she wants, protection by male family members from the clutches of perverts. Unfortunately, many people haven't followed the rules completely, so although it may appear from the outside that they follow the rules, they may in reality have a wife that has tried to divorce them, but they don't allow her, they may beat her, but the same is true in Western society.
Also, contrary to popular belief, Islam requires that males provide females with as good an education as finances permit.
Although in many interpretations of Islam women aren't allowed to drive, they do have their own cars with chauffers(sp?) who will drive them anywhere they want.
Women only have to wear Hijab in public or in the presence of strange men; if they are in the company of only their family they needn't wear the Hijab; if they are in the presence of only females (whether or not they are of the same family) they needn't wear the Hijab.
Now, on to some of the outrageous things people are saying about Chechnya...
How is Chechnya a part of Russia any more than Mongolia is part of Russia? Chechens are different physically, culturally, religiously, and linguistically. They want out of the Federation, why can't they leave?
You say most Chechen's don't want independence. BACK UP THAT CLAIM WITH STATISTICS! Many Chechens who used to be indifferent now want independence because of the horrible things Russian soldiers have done to their families and friends.
Also, the atrocities-per-capita are obviously much higher in Chechnya. Just about everybody either has a family member who "disappeared" (and was maybe found later in a mass-grave), or knows somebody who does. In Russia, this couldn't be farther from the truth. Do you have any family members who died at the hands of Chechens? I'll bet not. If they did, were they in the military? If so, they probably had it coming (the same thing for Chechen terrorists who die at the hands of Russians). Do you know anybody who has family members who died or went missing at the hands of Chechens? By this I mean a friend, not somebody you just saw on the street one day or somebody who was in your 1st grade class that probably doesn't remember you.
Everybody has the right to self-determination, whether or not the mother nation lets them excersize that right. If Catalans and Basques want out of Spain/France, they have the right to it. If Tibetans/Uyghurs/Inner Mongolians/Yis/Yaos/Manchus want out of China, they have the right to it. If any given Indian nation wants out of the US/Canada/Mexico, they have the right to it. If Chechnya wants out of Russia, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO IT. Let Chechens decide the fate of Chechnya in a referrendum. You have no right to decide it for them.
Ia! CTHULHU FTAGHN!!! And the Great Ctulhu loathes imperialist jerks more than anybody else! So you can expect an even slower and more painful death by His tentacles than I can.
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