What is chabad? What does it have to do with Imam Shamil?

Question

http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=81890

I mean, I have a hard time believing that Imam Shamil is mentioned in the Torah when he didn't exist at the time. He was born in 1797.

Okay, so now I know what chabad is. What does it have to do with this article on Imam Shamil? Is he a war hero to the Chassidim?

Obviously, it is the same person. Since it describes a warrior leader from tribes in the Caucasus, it can only be Imam Shamil. There is no other character in history that could possibly be this man except for Imam Shamil. I wanted to know what it is about him that is appreciated by the Chassidim.

Answer 1

So because the Shamil in the story has the same name as your imam...your logic says they are the same person....riiight....

Answer 2

Chabad is an Hassidic evangelistic movement to encourage Jews to practice full Orthodox observance. I don't think that it has anything with any imam or any Muslim leader.