#TrendsArena: ‘Foul play’ leads diverse perspectives on synagogue blast in Russia

A Jewish synagogue in Dagestan, Russia, was attacked during a terrorist invasion. The church, which is more than a century old, was burned to the ground, Al Jazeera reported.

Other sources indicate that an orthodox church was also burned, with the priest’s throat slashed. According to reports, 19 persons were murdered during the attack. Russia’s Investigative Committee, noted that around 15 police officers were killed, and five of the attackers were “liquidated”.

Following the attack on the ancient Jewish community in the predominantly Muslim region, several videos and accounts have surfaced on social media. While some condemned the attack, others suspected foul play. One @Matador_X6 argued that, “If Daghestani Muslims were anti-jewish or anti-semites, it [Synagogue] would not have lasted until today”.

Meanwhile, Dagestan, Russia’s North Caucasus republic, has declared three days of mourning following a gun attack that killed numerous people.

Below are the mixed reactions:

It may start with the Jews, but it never ever ends with the Jews. pic.twitter.com/tCb76HaQXa

— Hector✝️ (@Account977) June 24, 2024

The only synagogue in the city of Derbent, Russia was set on fire in a coordinated terrorist attack that also included a church.

It may start with the Jews, but it never ever ends with the Jews.

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) June 23, 2024

This Synagogue was founded in 1914 and has never been attacked for more than 100 years although surrounded by a Muslim majority and in a Muslim part of the Russian Federation..

If Daghestani Muslims were anti-jewish or anti-semites, it would not have lasted until today..

— فُلَانْ بِنْ عَلَّاْنْ (@Matador_X6) June 24, 2024

Where they start burning Synagogues, they will soon start burning Jews.

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) June 23, 2024

The radical extremist's war against the West's traditional cultures and religions needs to be won in a decisive manner by the West, or a repeat of the Moor's conquest of a large swath of Europe could be repeated in the coming years.

— Rick C. (@tweetingbrit) June 24, 2024

So they wanted to burn a church or synagogue? Why would someone want to do that from Apro Palestine supporters they cry over saving the sanctuary places . who attacked churches in the region again? Mosques?who fakes synaguages burning/ breaking windows?

— Sadia (@Sadia554639481) June 24, 2024

Always look for the beneficiary of these attacks. We know it’s not the muslims who is going to benefit from such attacks on Russia.

— Mentis Magnus 🇵🇸 (@mentismagnus) June 24, 2024

Zionists are PhD in false flag operation like in the past I.e, 9/11. pic.twitter.com/aegY8Fsp5C

— M.sulaiman Khan (@MsulaimanKhan14) June 24, 2024

Who benefits from a terrorist attack on a church and synogogue right now when Russia has never been closer to the Islamic world.

We know that the US and Israel control ISIS. pic.twitter.com/eAGeLO7t2M

— Syrian Girl 🇸🇾 (@Partisangirl) June 23, 2024

It takes a special kind of logic to claim that an attack on an Orthodox Church and a synagogue by Islamic radicals in Dagestan is somehow western plot against Russia.
At this point even an attack by Martians would be framed as western aggression with Kyiv somehow part of it

— Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin) June 23, 2024

A series of attacks in and around Russia suggest an effort to inflame the region is underway, connected to the war in Ukraine.

The U.S. missile that killed beach goers in Sebastopol may have been a mistake, but attacks in Abkhazia and Dagestan suggest that outsiders are trying…

— MoneyCircus (@MoneyCircus) June 24, 2024