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| | ISCA -- Islamic Supreme Council of America |
 | | For every Caucasian, the names of Mansour, Ghazi Mollah, Hajji Murad and above all Shamyl, were the stuff of legends, and few home were without a portrait of the steel-eyed Shamyl. |
 | | Once again, men and women were dying for the sake of Allah, once more the blood of martyrs flowed across weapons wielded by imperial-minded descendants of the czars. |
 | | Once again, the tariqat shaykhs lead the people to fight, and it was the Qadiriyya Dhikr and recitation of praise of the Prophet (s) by the rag-tag but disciplined army of Aslan Maskhadov, which kept hearts of the ghazis firm under the blasting of Russian tanks, bombs and artillery. |
| www.islamicsupremecouncil.org /spirituality/caucasus.htm (1526 words) |
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