Tell your idea to the Palestinians.
They have gotten into letting their young girls weaponize themselves.
Al Jazeera, the CNN of the Islamic world thought their story would resonate with Moslems worldwide and played it.
The Chechnyans read statements in Arabic to make sure that the larger Moslem world would have the chance of identifying with their 'action'.
Whie the Chechans may or may not reflect wider Islam, I think it is as fair to say they are Islamists as it is to call Al Qaeda Islamists.
On top of that there is aparently god evidence that the Chechans and Al Qaeda have worked very closely on attacks and training.
Videos of Rusian military getting killed in Chechnya has been found in caches of Al Qaeda stuff in Afghanistan.
Ed