Squads, the idea is not new

On August 26, in one of the programs of the Mir channel, I watched the plot about the voluntary assistants of the imams of mosques in Russia, which prevent acts of vandalism in mosques, help to observe order at the time of prayer (reading Muslim prayer). In general, it is a voluntary folk squad. So far without bandages on the sleeve and not in a single uniform. I will not be mistaken if I say that this is a matter of time.

In a country where there are fairly radical people who are ready to destroy mosques, beat Muslims and defile their faith. The creation of voluntary squads from among the believers themselves is a normal response to violence.

Noble? Undoubtedly, yes. Logical? Categorically no. Now these created squads will restore order inside the mosque, show the lost correct way in life. And tomorrow, having gained experience, they will probably indicate how to live other indigenous residents, strive to manage cities in which they create more and more expanding diasporas. And sooner or later there will be someone who uses this power in their own, not always legal interests. Will the Russian community tolerate this power? Will this become a neo -fascist argument to pump up their own muscles in order to protect the "primordially Russian lifestyle" from the "broken blacks"? Now there are enough sparkles of the provocation, so that people already without looking back to beat each other on a national and religious basis.

Actually, the idea of creating voluntary squads to help their citizens is not new. And, unfortunately, it is actively supported by local authorities. Why unfortunately? Yes, because one is allowed to create squads and act against any ethnic group, but the other does not. If the Kuban Cossacks create squads in order to “squeeze out Caucasians from Russian territories”, then this receives the support of a government official (Governor Tkachev, for example). If, to protect the Muslim mosque, a squad of Uzbeks and Tajiks is created in the Russian city, then the Lukin Commissioner for Human Rights finds arguments against it. He is right in his fear of increasing tension between indigenous Russians and visiting Muslims. But then in the same way he should be concerned about the strengthening of the role of the Cossacks in the struggle not with Caucasian fundamentalism and religious intolerance, but with specifically representatives of "Caucasian nationality."

Cossacks want to oust Caucasians from the Kuban lands? Kuban for Russians? Then do not forget that Hitler historically not so long ago raised the slogan "Germany for the Germans." What this led to, I think, all adequate people remember. I am at a loss when I read the pro -fascist and nationalist slogans in the country that suffered the most from fascism.

I know that often Muslims respond to aggressive actions by force. Then is it worth provoking the war between us, Muslims, and believers of other religions, if there are no winners in this war? I am sure that the forces must be spent not on creating voluntary squads, which in their activities will certainly go beyond the law, but on strengthening and assistance of the police, its role in maintaining the law and order. Beat your hands not only the one who provokes society into conflicts with migrants. Fight within the framework of the law and with those who concern the provocateurs, and sometimes cover them. Well, it is not difficult to disband voluntary squads. And if you don’t want to, or you need to put strength somewhere, then you can send these squads to help builders to build affordable housing to those in need. Or to clean the dirty streets. Who likes what.