 HORROR, HORROR: A girl weeps after laying flowers for Beslan victims, Monday. A wave of grief swept Russia and the world over the horrifying massacre of hundreds of school children by Chechen terrorists. It seems also to have had a profound impact on the Arab and Muslim world, triggering fierce condemnation, and possibly a final settling of accounts with Islamist militancy. parent page (9 - 15 September 2004, issue #707) |