General Gelayev in Georgia

Abstract

Ilyas, my greetings to you and your comrades! The president of the Chechen nation is speaking. There is only one reason for my sending you this cassette; maybe many things that I told you in our last conversation surprised you or you didn’t understand them. I am saying this because of the way you were talking over the phone. I am telling you again, so that you understand that today the road I am on I did not choose for myself, or to get a kick out of it, or to benefit from it personally. It was not for a position or any benefit that I took this road. The road that I chose is in the name of God with pure thoughts and intentions in the name of universal benefit. The choice of this road was determined by the desire to have a state and freedom for our people, love for faith, Islam, love for everything that is given to Muslims. Earlier I thought it was not worth saying right to your face, you would get upset, take offense. I kept everything to myself. Be it Shamil, be it Gelayev, be it Arsanov, be it Batalov, be it Atgiriyev. I cut off a lot in myself, fearing to ruin unity, fearing confrontation. In the long run I understood one thing. If the team is not united you cannot build a state. Vallakhi! We could not build it because we tried to be ethical with these useless people, tried to treat them kindly, tried to make people out of them.

Assalamu-alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa barakatuh!