Mustafa Jemilev, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, said a number of militant Tatars had approached him to say they would fight the Russians.
âWe have Islamists, Wahhabis, Salafisâ.â.â.âgroups who have fought [with the opposition] in Syria,â he said in an interview in Simferopol, the Crimean capital. âThey say: âan enemy has entered our land and we are readyâ. [...]
Charles Lister, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center and an expert on jihadist movements in Syria, said Russiaâs invasion was already being actively discussed on social media and internet forums frequented by Islamic militants. âPeople are asking whether events [there] would legitimise the opening of a new jihadi front,â he said.
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âWe have Islamists, Wahhabis, Salafisâ.â.â.âgroups who have fought [with the opposition] in Syria,â he said in an interview in Simferopol, the Crimean capital. âThey say: âan enemy has entered our land and we are readyâ. [...]
Charles Lister, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center and an expert on jihadist movements in Syria, said Russiaâs invasion was already being actively discussed on social media and internet forums frequented by Islamic militants. âPeople are asking whether events [there] would legitimise the opening of a new jihadi front,â he said.