Arab Perspective: The Chechen Issue That Cries for Solution

This collection of editorial comments from Arab media argues that although the perpetrators of the Moscow theater hostage crisis identify themselves with Muslim groups, their actions are contrary to Islamic teachings and are utterly unacceptable to humanity. The inability to distinguish individual contention towards a government from one towards a people prevents terrorists from realizing that their tactics only increase hostilities and complicate potential compromises among afflicted nations. Furthermore, such events encourage the international audience to unfairly associate violence with a specific people and thereby prevent entire nations, such as Russia, from further supporting Arab and Islamic interests. Issues must be solved with negotiations and dialogue both locally and globally to ensure overall stability. – YaleGlobal