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Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
…tanism, connecting it directly to the culture wars, and calling the war in Ukraine a jihad. His aide, Apti Alaudinov, made comments on Russia-1 that they’re fighting a holy war against the forces of the Antichrist, again specifically linking it to the LGBTQIA+ community, Satanism, and “European values.” The chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, the Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin, prayed for Muslim and non-Muslim soldiers…
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