News:

ITAR -TASS reported that the new plenipotentiary of the president of Russia in the North Caucasus, lieutenant-general Sergey Malikov considered its main task to prevent the "spread" of terrorism in the region and beyond.

According to Melikov, "the threat of terrorist orientation and extremism are still exist in the North Caucasus. The operational situation is now only relatively stable, since the roots of religious extremism and terrorism have not yet taken out" - concluded the plenipotentiary of president Putin.

He called "preventing relocation of extremism and terrorism" to be his main task and the foundation of his work - coordination of NCFD heads of subjects and power structures' actions.

Comment:

Russia was never soft in the ruling of its people. The policy of a "tough hand control" has always been its hallmark, whether in times of Tsarist empire, later in the communist regime of the Soviet Union or in our time. When the word "Caucasus" is mentioned Imam Shamil, General Yermolov, Chechen campaigns, special operations and stripping come back at once to one's memory - this region is seething, not wanting to submit to, more than one century.

After the Olympics, Russia took a course on "integrated socio-economic development of the region, increasing the investment attractiveness, stimulating the development priorities of the economy, the development of technology-intensive industries, establishment and development of industrial clusters and innovations, as well as the tourism industry", which is reflected in the state program of development of North Caucasus Federal District until 2025; accepted in April this year.

Russia wants to control the region to do financing of multi-million dollar projects and achieve economic development, but the war with Islam that Russia started hampers to realize this. And not because Islam is contrary to development, no. The reasons of the decline are well known: massive corruption and despotism, the criminalization of political structures, etc. But Russia does not want to take into account the fact that the people of the region are inherent to principles of Islam reflected in justice, honesty, in submission only to Allah, in spirituality and morality.

As a despotic state, Russia sees the only way out to strengthen the pressure to suppress any dissent, and for this reason, the new plenipotentiary Sergey Malikov, a general of internal forces, was appointed. When telling of his tasks he opened his goal of appointment - the struggle with Islam, which is named as terrorism and extremism in Russia and outlawed.

How sad the position of Allah's enemies! Their actions say that they are aware of firm adherence of the Muslims of Caucasus to their religion, as are aware that they can use only force to fight and can nothing offer in return. But it's time to understand that faith can never be defeated by force.  The Muslims of Caucasus are the part of one Ummah, the Ummah of the Prophet Muhammad (saw), to which Allah (swt) promises His Mercy, saying:

وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوَارِثِينَ ﴿*﴾ وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنُرِيَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَحْذَرُونَ

"We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors, and establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Haman and their soldiers through them that which they had feared." [28: 5-6]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir by

Suleyman Ibragimov