Andrew Cuomo (D) says the suspect in the New York truck attack was “radicalized domestically,” Sayfullo Saipov’s origins have brought Uzbekistan’s battle against Islamist radicalism into the spotlight. Andrew Cuomo (D) says the suspect in the New York truck attack was “radicalized domestically,” Sayfullo Saipov’s origins have brought Uzbekistan’s battle against Islamist radicalism into the spotlight. Uzbekistan is one of five predominantly Muslim former Soviet republics in Central Asia that overnight became independent countries in 1991. [How the USSR’s effort to destroy Islam created a generation of radicals]The nexus of Islamist radicalism in Central Asia is the Ferghana Valley, where Uzbekistan borders with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. “This doesn’t capture [that] ISIS is trying to radicalize people who are already living here.” ISIS is an alternative acronym for the Islamic State.

Source: Washington Post November 01, 2017 12:03 UTC