In Russia’s Dagestan, Salafi Muslims Clash With Government Authorities -- Washington PostMAKHACHKALA, Russia — The latest episode in Moscow’s struggle with rebellious Muslims is unfolding here in Dagestan, a forbidding North Caucasian realm where peaks as high as 13,000 feet descend sharply to running rivers.
Suicide bombers have emerged. Each week, an average of three policemen are killed and numerous civilians become casualties. Tanks and helicopters, weapons blazing, pursue guerrillas in the woods.
Until recently, it was the insurgency in neighboring Chechnya that had posed the biggest challenge to Russian leaders. But now, it is the traditionally independent and Muslim Dagestanis whose resentments are turning violent, finding expression in a conservative form of Islam taking root in the beautiful severity of the mountain landscape.
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FSB officer killed in Dagestan blast -- RIA Novosti
FSB building comes under fire in Dagestan -- RIA Novosti
Militant leader killed in Russia's Dagestan -- Zeenews
Six militants, two officers killed in Russia's Dagestan -- RIA Novosti
At least 15 hurt in bombing in Dagestan capital Makhachkala -- RIA Novosti
Death of a Peacemaker -- Anna Nemtsova, Foreign Policy
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