Relatively small? The intentional slaughter of hundreds of children is very far from a "relatively small" event.
Yes relatively small. It was very bad but compared to the amount of children killed in Chechnya, relatively Beslan was small/
What made Beslan so horrifying to the rest of the world wasn't the fact it happened to be Russian children, it was the act itself.
No, it was the very fact that it was non-muslim Russians that led to the out-cry.
If it was the act itself, the wold would have been outraged for the previous decade when tens of thousands of Chechn children were being slaughtered and raped.
Beslan taught us that to non-muslim citizens all children are NOT equal and some are more important than others.
A primary factor was the available media coverage of the event, where there were no cameras involved with the atrocities committed by the Russians.
Are you saying that every non-muslims is that fickle?
And whose fault is it that the non-muslim organisations dont think Chechn children being slaughtered and raped is a stroy worth covering?
Any human being with a soul is affected by the death of children, regardless whether they are Muslim, Hindu, or anything else. Beslan seemed so awful because it was a premeditated act of cruelty against children. At a school during a day the terrorists knew would bring more children into their hands.
I suppose Russias rape of little Muslim girls and slaughter of thouands of Muslim children isnt enough to describe the Russians and Putin as "terrorists"?
Why do you possibly think this is? Double standards maybe?
The intentional wholesale slaughter of children isn't going to win you any friends, and in this case it surely didn't help the Chechen cause at all.
Well apart from the fact that it wasnt they who slaughtered the children, i agree with you. Beslan should never have happened and im glad Shamil offered to pay the ultimate price for it.
As for "didnt help the Chechen cause" at all, i dont think that really matters.
Who was helping in the first place? Nobody.
Who was trying to stop the rape and murder of Chechen children in the first place? Nobody.
Even "islamic" groups like Hamas stabbed the nation in the back. Btw i think Hamas supports the rape and murder of these little children.
So the fact their was no support in the first place means they didnt lose much. I even think if they did have even a little support, they wuoldnt have carried out Beslan - just a personal opinion.
May Allah (swt) grant the children of Beslan paradise and bring ease to their suffering parents. Ameen