Why Have Some Central Asians In Russia Turned To Islamist Extremism?

How did four Central Asians living in Russia end up affiliated with Islamist extremism and the Islamic State group, and arrested over committing a terror attack in Moscow? Professor Edward Lemon says Tajiks have been recruited to extremist groups largely inside Russia, with recruiters often targeting disenfranchised migrants.
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[@GoPoundSalt]

*Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty = NSA apparatchiks.* No one from an isolated village, with zero education, living in absolute poverty, takes a weapon; goes to the capital and shoot at people inside a concert hall.

[@kn0wmore126]

Yes, and you people actually know those recruiters... True story!

[@estherbrown4084]

The recruitment of Central Asians is likely a sad consequence of the Eurasian Federation's toxic disregard for associational freedom, expressional freedom, intellectual freedom and religious freedom.

[@Atcraftcity]

Whether they were poor or not, even the poor have a sense of right and wrong.

[@luzr6613]

Sure... and people are very good at justifying their version of what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'. The point being that there is not, and never has been, a universally accepted objective standard of what constitutes the 'right' and the 'wrong'.

[@jimfoard5671]

There are many poor Hindus in the world. and they don't carry out terrorist attacks.

[@jimfoard5671]

So you are okay with the NAZI concentration camps?@@luzr6613

[@fafalur7722]

@@luzr6613 if there was such thing most people wouldn't be against it

[@JC-rr1wu]

It's an explanation, not an excuse. There has been many terrorist attacks in Europe as well, and young people travelling to Syria to join ISIS, and the common denominator is that they have little education, often drug abusers or former drug abusers, they feel marginalized and with little direction or hope for the future. And they are groomed into a community that promises them purpose and meaning and a release of the aggression against whatever they feel has been going wrong with their lives. So they get money, women, power and a violent and unpleasant end.

[@monkeytail1968]

Presenting men who casually shot all these innocents as poor victims is absolutely obscene! Poor or not, we all have a moral compass.

[@angrybird1402]

Religion of peace spreading peace globally.

[@jonjonboi3701]

You are brainwashed by western media propaganda thinking that all Muslim countries are violent

[@yte549]

In 1980s onwards Pakistan started a university for Jihad , where they started radicalization

[@user-4m9-dr80h4]

It started in the 600s, in Mecca and Medina.

[@user-hu8we3ii7k]

The madrassas are in Pakistan, a US ally for some reason. These scum were recruited from a poor country that borders Afghanistan, where the US spent 20 years fighting a pointless anti-insurgency campaign. Then for some reason the terrorists travelled to Turkey, a NATO member, right before the attack. But yeah ISIS is responsible?

[@fafalur7722]

@@user-4m9-dr80h4 yeah Muslims don't have the right to defend themselves 🤡

[@babz777]

Radical dudes, cOwaBuNgA!

[@prestallar4339]

Well, it was initiated with U.S support to recruit as many Afghans as Mujahideens as possible.

[@aXPw39]

The problem isn't religion, it's one religion.

[@rankinlas]

The problem is religion. But this particular one is currently the worst of them all

[@jonjonboi3701]

@@rankinlasno the problem isn’t religion

[@Liztastaney7]

Absolutely not. Its the religious doctrine. Russia was giving them work n food. They want to spread their religion via force.

[@OstblockLatina]

People from poor countries all around the world migrate to other countries for work and are often treated poorly etc. - how many of them outside of the muslim religion use their poverty and ill-treatment as a justification and inspiration to resort to terrorism as a way of making the living? Have you heard of i.e. Romanians, Vietnamese, Philippinos, Hindus, Armenians etc. do that? I haven't. Poverty and discrimination is no excuse for deciding to join a terrorist organization and accepting money for killing random civilians. And then their countrymen wonder why the enmity towards them and calls for blocking them from entering other countries are increasing.

[@user-4m9-dr80h4]

What you have is a whole bunch of incels who lost out in the game of polygyny.

[@unclexeres]

That's a compelling argument you've made. The example of the Philippines is an excellent example, their people travel the world to work and you never hear about them butchering civilians in fact they've been the victims in many cases.

[@DemPilafian]

Exactly. Thais traveled to Israel to work on farms and then got attacked and kidnaped by Palestinians. It's not hard to figure out which side is Buddhist and which side is Islamic.

[@catticazzaza2134]

Well said

[@twink276]

​@@unclexeresbecause churches in the Philippines tell the poor to accept their miserable situation.

[@LoveComedy247]

Poverty has nothing to do with being evil, the world is full of poor people with respect and dignity. These are evils and they deserve no sympathy.

[@jacksonrazorback5626]

Everything they do is well written in their quran.

[@Ahmedhelps]

shut up, i d iot

[@painpeace3619]

💯 agree with you

[@mohammadshahin9781]

Liar , you know nothing about, Quran teach us everything good , nothing from this bad things or terror written in the Quran, this people we don’t support them , we are against them , if you have evidence bring it from Quran , if you don’t have and of course you don’t so go educate first before you speak lies

[@faresboudjelal3003]

that's literally what not to do according to Quran, no matter how fked up any muslim can be they still know that killing women, children and alders or any an anarmed civilian in any circumstances is one of the worst crime a muslims would commit, its a guaranteed ticket to hell. "Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely." (Quran 5:32)

[@murodjonazamov3951]

You can't bring any verse from the Quran tells kill innocent people

[@adamwarnell4612]

Without lies, Islam dies!

[@JJR1476]

It is INEVITABLE.... MUSLIMS V/S THE WORLD.....!!!

[@devendramishra3903]

Bad logic Hindu is also poor

[@vishnuteja9747]

yes but HIndus go around mass murdering

[@twink276]

It's also discrimination

[@THIRTEENTH13TH]

many people in the west own less than these people, considering these people have a house, a garden, animals, most people in the west have none of this

[@LoveCanBuildaBridge-wg7zh]

@@twink276 Hindus are least likely to randomly kill people. Of course some Hindus are bad, but there is not a problem of Hindus traveling to other countries and killing people. Quite the opposite. Wherever Hindus go they follow the laws of the countries and build the society up. Muslims on the other hand have problems with violence.

[@jacksonrazorback5626]

Shadid University started in year 623 in makkah, saudi arabia. Still accepting free intership from the ummahs.

[@ddhh1270]

Letting themselves be caught alive in Russia after such an outrage. The dumbest thing ever.

[@screambeyond]

It's not them. The real attackers are still free. In the images of the attack, you can see clearly that they look very corpulent, tall and strong men, hair slightly long. The men that the Russian "captured" are all small, skinny and short hair. These are poor common people that worked in stores or factories, and of course not like the guys of the attack who obviously belong to an islamic paramilitar group and have a lot of experience.

[@timbaldwin6283]

​@@screambeyond Yeah, they all confessed the exact same story ($5,000 pd through telegram $2,500 + $2,500). What a coincidence. 🙄

[@Adam-de8yi]

@@screambeyond shut up. there are literally videos of them doing it with their faces on camera. Literally filming themselves.

[@dkrawk8309]

You is a he'll of a sick faque

[@moneymay6324]

​@@timbaldwin6283you are lying this scapegoats never spoke about dollars but Russian roubles don't change the truth to propaganda

[@Coco-ng5td]

My daddy and mama said long time ago, anyone who gives you money expect favours. Work for your money unless we give you, drink your water and lie down, no matter what. When you travel to the west or Russia, better be alone than accept friendships that are shady, including mosque or church invitations and friendships, this will save you a whole lot of pain

[@ramankuttybalakrishnan8837]

The issue is not poverty or loneliness as the title seems to suggest ...the issue is the islamic ideology which promotes and easily accepts such violence in the name of its ideology...are there no lonely and poor mennon other communities ...how long will you keep trying to cloak it ?

[@timbaldwin6283]

The victim mentality is widespread.

[@youvefoundandrew3867]

You're trying to justify their actions 😂😂😂

[@fern8580]

the Orthodox Russians oppressed and then demographically reduced everything that was not Slavic+Russian+Orthodox (from the Church of Moscow), thus the Ukrainians, but also dozens of peoples were killed, displaced, massacred, between 1800 and 2024 .

[@veroniquepineault]

La Russie du mal

[@iulianviorelmosteanu2800]

Stalin was not a Slav. The USSR was atheist, and thousands of priests were killed. Stop smoking crack.

[@user-ex6nd8dq8w]

Quite the opposite happened. For centuries the Polish, and later the Austrians and Germans were invading into Russia, oppressing the Orthodox Russians and forcing them into becoming Catholics - in fact that is how the Ukrainians were created in the first place. When Polish got to Kiev, they were selling the Russians as slaves to the Ottomans. Read on that. These are historical events, not fantasies. Read about 19th century Austrohungarian policies against Russia and how they pushed for the first time the "Ukrainian nation" (prior to that that was hardly a notion). Russians may stroke back but they never forced people who were Catholics into becoming Orthodox. If you have any data on the Russian Orthodox Church. Not only that but inside USSR, the Communists, none of whom was ethnically Russian, had active projects of reducing the Russian population and de-russifying states such as Ukraine and Belarus. You only need to see how they chopped up Russian ethnic lands and gave them to these two federal states which in 1991 run away with them taking along as hostages millions of ethnic Russians leading to events that cause the current war.

[@screambeyond]

The real attackers are still free. In the images of the attack, you can see clearly that they look very corpulent, tall and strong, hair slightly long. The men that the Russian "captured" are all small, skinny and short hair. These are poor common people that worked in stores or factories, and of course not like the guys of the attack who obviously belong to an islamic paramilitar group, have a lot of experience, and of course don't live in Russia in some poor job.

[@ezequielpedroza3865]

There is a photo of a FSB dressed in civilian who help coordinate attack

[@edelgardstreicher-eckmann2682]

genau so sehe ich das auch!

[@roxximusik8958]

Whatever, it's certainly exposed the Tajik community to a whole new world of hate and discrimination inside Russia.

[@catticazzaza2134]

Peacefuls again

[@xiuhtezcatl8161]

0:24 poor guy. he was tortured hard to say he made that all and say it was ukraine, i wont be suprise if history will tell it was putin who gave the order to burn rome i mean kgb building ja no that was the other side of the street where he wached the whole thing so it was a mall

[@Stinanordland]

The real face of peaceful Islam 😂

[@elrubeno2000]

It is a religion of peace

[@futsal25sp]

evil cult of islam

[@jonjonboi3701]

You are wrong. This is western propaganda thinking all Muslim countries are violent. It isn’t true that central Asians are terrorists or there are Islamic terrorists in Central Asia

[@narendra_indian]

Nicest logic ever to justify.....which journalism college did you go?

[@marspalk7611]

There are lot of poor people in the world, they are not. terrorist. What media is preaching is shocking.

[@tinknal6449]

So the same way the Russian army recruits?

[@letsnottalkaboutname8719]

i was looking for this.

[@susannewilliamsson8339]

Don't tell me you're surprised!

[@user-wj2dr3pg1w]

What is the connection

[@tonymckay6556]

MONEY! they have no future in their countries.

[@rtos]

Sure, sure. Its always the fault of others why Is ..mists turn towards extremism. We've seen this template repeating in every country of every continent.

[@Ruffe87]

Wer dumme spiele spielt gewinnt dumme preise und diese jungs haben den Hauptpreis gewonnen. Kein Mitleid mit den tätern.

[@ramachandra8827]

Excellent interrogation by Russian Police. Congratulations Russian Police.

[@seanlander9321]

For homeless peasants, those that did the killing in Crocus certainly knew how to use automatic rifles. Where did they get such expertise?

[@luzr6613]

Live in that part of the world... it's like the USA... awash with firearms. No surprise they understand the basics of using them.

[@user-4m9-dr80h4]

From all these Rambo, Arnold, Lundgren, Willis, Gibson, Van Dam, Seagull movies. They wanna be heroes like them, and win the girl.

[@PapaGringo1]

Forgot about how they learned to use weapons but where did they get the version of the AKs they used? AK 101

[@ArtSmosh1274]

I assume they got training

[@roxximusik8958]

Absolutely !

[@Impano1]

The have no excuse. They are evils

[@shungyo8395]

This is ISLAMOPHOBIA..those tajiks should be treated nicely n accommodate in 5 stars hotels not jail....where is UNO

[@Njordall]

Religion of peace. ???

[@fafalur7722]

It has nothing to do with religion if you see the reaction of the country these migrants are from most people are against it these idiot's have been manipulated and gevin money they have no idea what Islam is

[@thl205]

Poverty may explain why they can recruit easily, but the root cause is always ideological - particularly opposition to Russia’s foreign policy with regard to bombing Muslims in Chechnya and Syria.

[@wangtianlong1]

They have a choice.

[@rosenshelby]

No not at all. Go and read the Quran, then you find the source of their extremist behavior. It’s started with Allah and his creator.

[@franciscusgomarus5086]

FSB recruited these poor saps🤠

[@daeshbagcentral5298]

I dont know

[@KandiandKasey2213]

They dont look like the cream of the crop

[@deecee1522]

Shame on putin . Shame on russia

[@josephcelestine3656]

Shame on you! You sound like one of these Terrorist. Did they recruit you to write that?

[@user-oy5mm3pb2g]

Are you OK?

[@kevinadamson5768]

What for?

[@WanganTune3DXPluDeaf]

Yes putin is war criminal

[@rtos]

Why? Putin has taken the right step in confronting Is ..m and he needs to be applauded.

[@ralphriffle1126]

Show no mercy.

[@nikxon_musicz]

Habibi , come to India to understand.

[@patriotusa9744]

Save your country

[@egioch]

What is Islamist extremism? There is no moderate Islam, no extremist Islam, Islam is just Islam. Any Muslim scholar will tell you that.

[@karlthomas2360]

yeah right

[@luzr6613]

Which perfectly explains the various schisms and sects within Islam, and their history of warring with each other. Remarkable that Islam turns out to be nothing more than typically human.

[@user-4m9-dr80h4]

@@karlthomas2360 Yeah, it's all Istanbulls*** *Quran 9:29* “Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day” *Quran 8:12* “I will cast t____r into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike them upon the necks and strike off every fingertip of them." *Quran 9:111:* “Allah has indeed purchased from the believers their lives and wealth in exchange for Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah and k__ or are k____.” *Quran 9:123* “Believers! Fight against the disbelievers who are near to you; and let them find harshness in you. Know that Allah is with the God-fearing. O ye who believe!” *Quran 47:4* “So when you meet those who disbelieve, strike their necks until, when you have inflicted slau_______ upon them, then secure their bonds, and either confer favor afterwards or ransom them until the war lays down its burdens. That is the command. And those who are k_______ in the cause of Allah . . . never will He waste their deeds.”

[@rtos]

There is only one peaceful religion which is intolerant of others.

[@Randomeditzzz43]

it means terrosim

[@lokedavid4949]

What about civilian killing in bucha Ukraine?

[@77esto]

Ukraine = West money-laundering scheme.. Period

[@richardque4952]

It can trace back to pakistan.

[@LoveBird-bx3td]

To your mom

[@user-zs5ez8xn1g]

Poor central Asians 😂. You will see when we nationalists take power

[@ezequielpedroza3865]

You mean the U.S.

[@user-bi4nm5zp7f]

Blah blah blah, those men are professional metcenaries they not some poor people on streeet

[@luzr6613]

What information do you have to support that claim?

[@josephcelestine3656]

Exactly!

[@ArtSmosh1274]

Lol they got train I'm pretty sure there poor

[@josephcelestine3656]

@@ArtSmosh1274a poor terrorist is still a terrorist. He just can’t afford bombs but still blows shit up. But still take’s the train.

[@OldCanadianguy953]

Those kind young men working hard towards a medical degree, you feel a lot of sympathy for them. 😂😂😂

[@KentRoads]

oh no not the poor terrorists facing xenophobia, and then doing the exact thing people are scared of them about

[@luzr6613]

You're conflating a sub-set of a population with the entire population - it's not justified. You're also implying that these people were 'terrorists' prior to being on the receiving end of Xenophobia, when it's more likely that Xenophobia is a pre-condition for terrorism.

[@KentRoads]

@@luzr6613 no.

[@OstblockLatina]

When the whole population follows a religion justifying violence to non-believers, this is what it gets from them.@@luzr6613

[@DemPilafian]

@@luzr6613 Islam with or without xenophobia is the pre-condition. Xenophobia is a negligible contributing factor.

[@devendramishra3903]

Beauty of Islam

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. Allahu Akbar. Salam to US, UK, Ukraine and Jihad recruits in the month of Ramadan.

[@georgesibley7152]

what he does not mention is how terrorists from among the citizens of Tajikistan fell under religious lessons conducted on the Internet (watch the video), which were the ideological instructions of the "Islamic State of Valayat Khorosan (IGVC) and the IGVC has links to the CIA. who are fermentingproblems and trouble in Russia, and elsewhere.

[@adamsz.8039]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💪✌️😄

[@UmMahdi-yi8lt]

On a le choix dans la vie le droit chemin ou sur les pas du diable. Ils ont choisi tant pis pour eux . On recolte ce que l'on a semé

[@clickerbug9956]

The poor and the culturally illiterate can't tell the difference between pray and preyed upon. This is how it's always done.

[@DemPilafian]

Culturally illiterate? They studied the Quran. They know their culture. Stop making excuses for their acts of violence.

[@ArtSmosh1274]

There is a high chance these guys didn't read it probably can't even read​@DemPilafian

[@DemPilafian]

@@ArtSmosh1274 You don't have to be able to read to go to a mosque. Are you under the impression that Islamic mullas and clerics give out reading tests before allowing followers to listen to khutbahs (sermons) and fatwas?

[@calinandrei8374]

what i m sick of with these news agencies....When they make a video thay show an image over and over after it s been shown 1 000 000 times by 100 news agencies....

[@Dqtube]

Similar recruitment strategy to MAGA.

[@SuperLimerick-vm9id]

if western commentator is talking exoect a bias side.

[@patkearney9320]

Americans and Ukrainian finger prints all over this. God bless Russia.🇮🇪.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

That's Ireland's flag

[@moneymay6324]

If you can't even know the flag of russonazi country why someone will take you seriously? You are just stupid as most russonazi orcs a country of idiots

[@crwebweb7938]

Living freedomly has some negative consequences

[@stayhappy890]

I&lam is terror| Sm.

[@markh3376]

Putin is too far....

[@namastezen3300]

I don't agree with their actions, but as a marginalized person, I understand. Being ostracized from society is antisocial motivation. Happy, valued people have better things to do and don't do things like that.

[@robertskelton2576]

I bet those guys wish Russia gave them vests alone with the AK's.

[@infrared2084]

Because Israel and USA find it through gulf oil rich nations

[@amarsanaagalbadrah4144]

It is said that the poor citizens of the Stanisian countries are not educated.

[@tsogobauggi8721]

I like that music.

[@devildevil2271]

How much are the shadow agents paying right now

[@mountzion2495]

NO ONE IN RIGHT SENSES WILL BE ENTICED TO KILL NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY IS OFFERED. NOW IN THE GRIP OF THE LAW WITH NO MONEY NO FREEDOM AND POSSIBLY FACE THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. ITS STUPIDITY

[@ashwiniac4082]

Islam is problem

[@Ahmedhelps]

you are the problem

[@vishnuteja9747]

@@Ahmedhelps your religion is the problem

[@dkrawk8309]

NO Islam is NOT problem, RADICALs are problem

[@Masterbeit-hq2mt]

Both ✡️☪️ are

[@Teddy-wo5jy]

Russia knows its US

[@Radonslur]

russia can't admit the truth

[@feonor26]

Yes even tho the US tried to warn them but the arrogant Putin ignored it and called it a blackmail. And also, I thought they said it was Ukraine's fault?! Make up your mind.

[@esteemedyams]

@@feonor26 Give him a break, it's hard to keep up with kremlin propaganda when you're high on lighter fluid and -antifreeze- vodka

[@richardque4952]

Putin ( or stalin) nathanyahu moment

[@twink276]

1. So US is stronger and smarter than Russia? 2. The US helped Russia with fighting terrorism. Your argument doesn't make sense.

[@rodcamp4472]

What a strange video title. There used to be a time, no long ago, when everyone on earth was against terrorists. And this channel feels sorry for them? LOL What happened to humanity? What happened to our morality?

[@twink276]

There is a difference in understanding why terrorism happens and supporting terrorism......

[@detroitdieselseries5071]

Then Bush invaded Iraq in 2003 and later created a power vacuum

[@twink276]

Those are different terrorist. These ones come from poor regions in Russia. This is just regular Putin incompetence.

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

CIA and Mossad.

[@user-fk2fs3hk8w]

If it makes you feel better 😂

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

@@user-fk2fs3hk8w Wise up.

[@colonelkurtz2269]

No evidence of that, and ISIS K claimed responsibility. The attackers have also confessed. Stop trying to be controversial

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

@@colonelkurtz2269 You sad little sheep.

[@twink276]

Pretty sure it's ISIS.

[@HATCH5T]

😂 Radio Free Liberty is literally trolling with their Channel's name it should be Radio Anti Russia

[@luzr6613]

Hard to be a reasonably informed human and not be anti-Russia at the moment.

[@OstblockLatina]

Perhaps if Russia had stopped being violently anti-everyone else (and towards own population too), others wouldn't have become anti-russia as the consequence of its actions.

[@HATCH5T]

@@OstblockLatina 😂 just visit various cities in Russia I think you will understand how wrong you are.I would recommend Sochi

[@HATCH5T]

@@luzr6613 What sources do you use to be reasonably informed?

[@OldCanadianguy953]

You make that sound like a bad thing.

[@MariaVolunteer]

Мусульмане мигранты как обычно исполнители черной работы ,а заказчик Украина и Британия

[@twink276]

Why are Russians always offended by the existence of Great Britain? Both Russia and Britain did the same horrible stuff.

[@Rikard_A]

American ignorence. since this area have not been stable since Pakistan was created and the King of Afganistan was dethroned.

[@puraLusa]

Wasn't the afghan king oust influenced by the soviets?

[@twink276]

And yet they attack Russia. Maybe because BOTH Russia and the US screwed over the middle east?

[@michaelkay8914]

🇷🇺🕯☦️SLAVA ROSSIYA ☦️🕯🇷🇺

[@rajamanohar3192]

Living in Texas and talking about Russia is Peak of #####

[@dkrawk8309]

VERY MANY people from Mexico live with ALL documents in u as of 😂

[@Applycommonsense]

Islam - extermisim- terrorisim - barberisim , all go hand in hand you can seperate them .

[@Watch-enthusiast.Florida]

This reporter have no clue on who and what Russia is . And also have completely wrong understanding on Tajik men