In the news today

[Kraco]

Maybe, but according to that report, authorities are looking at a connection between the Boston bombers and this Islamist terrorist group:
If that attack happened as recently as 2011, then I doubt they care how the world sees them or feels sympathy for their cause, they simply want to strike out at their enemies. Very similar to how other terrorist orgs conduct themselves.

I wasn't really talking about islamic terrorist groups. They want nothing but suffering on both sides: Suffiring on the enemy side makes the enemy lose morale, and suffering on their own side generates disillusioned young men ready to be used as fodder in their operations. However, at least in the past there were still opposition in Chechnya who weren't fundamentalists but rather nationalists. But maybe they are a dying breed and are replaced by hardcore islamists.

[Animeniax]

I wasn't really talking about islamic terrorist groups. They want nothing but suffering on both sides: Suffiring on the enemy side makes the enemy lose morale, and suffering on their own side generates disillusioned young men ready to be used as fodder in their operations. However, at least in the past there were still opposition in Chechnya who weren't fundamentalists but rather nationalists. But maybe they are a dying breed and are replaced by hardcore islamists.

From what I've read the Muslims are the driving force behind Chechen nationalism, so it's religious rule similar to other Islamic nations. I wouldn't say it's the same as places like North Ireland or even Taiwan, where nationalism is its own driving force in the separatist movements.