#Russia - Terror attack creates a central Asian dilemma for Putin
> Harmony among peoples of different faiths and ethnicities will be the theme of a Kremlin-organised conference next month called the “Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Forum”. Kazan is the capital of #Tatarstan, a region whose conquest by Ivan the Terrible in the 1550s marked the point at which #Islam, though subordinate to the state religion of Orthodox Christianity, became prominent in Russian society.
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