{"id":1186,"date":"2014-03-11T02:33:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T02:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2014-03-11T02:33:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T02:33:30","slug":"russia-vs-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2014\/03\/11\/russia-vs-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia vs. Islam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/03\/11\/opinion\/crimea-a-pyrrhic-victory.html\" target=\"_blank\">OpEd piece<\/a> for the <I>New York Times<\/I>, Vali R. Nasr comments, &#8220;Russia\u2019s problems with Muslim societies are bigger than the West\u2019s. Some of its restless Muslim regions are turning to extremism; that is why Russia has always looked at the Arab Spring with suspicion, fearing that successful Arab rebellions would inspire Islamic risings in Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Are more problems sure to arise in former Soviet states (especially in Central Asia) due to an escalating conflict between Orthodox Christianity and Islam?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing in an OpEd piece for the New York Times, Vali R. Nasr comments, &#8220;Russia\u2019s problems with Muslim societies are bigger than the West\u2019s. 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