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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

ple suffered permanent side-effects. In two years, Chechnya lost three-
quarters of its population. Some fled to neighboring countries and
tried to survive under very difficult conditions.
Several human rights organizations who have studied the situa-
tion of Chechen refugees reveal that these refugees are suffering an im-
mense violation of their human rights. Chechens endure hunger, thirst,
communicable diseases, and travel many kilometers on foot. Men and
women, the old and the young, are forced to flee in the snow and in-
tense cold, and then struggle to survive with 2-3 families holed up in
train cars or stables.
Chechens living in refugee camps cannot send their children to
school because they cannot find winter clothes for them. Nearly half of
those who have shelter have become ill from the bad
conditions and intense cold. Some do not eat a hot
meal for weeks. Such diseases as tuberculosis and
hepatitis have spread quickly because many people
cannot endure the harsh conditions in which they are
forced to live. The death rate has risen. In spite of
this, countries in the region continually cut back
their aid and thus it has become difficult for
the refugees to find a crust of bread as they
struggle with intense cold, thirst, and
hunger. (For a more detailed discussion see
Harun Yahya, The Winter of Islam and the
Spring To Come [Global Publishing: 2004].)

During the genocide that Moscow inflicted on the
defenseless Chechen people, they were subjected
to inhumane torture. All of these scenes of sav-
agery happened before the eyes of the whole world.

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