| First there were Salafist jamaats scattered across the North Caucasus, then the amalgamated Caucasian Emirate, pledged to Al Qaeda for the notoriety of the thing, and finally they transferred allegiance to ISIS, calling themselves Caucasus Province. Thousands made hijra to the ISIS caliphate in Syria, others were adopted by Turkey — that whole Turkic peoples thingy. Most famously, the Tsarnaev brothers blew up the Boston Marathon for them. |