Poverty breeds terrorism

Once again, that myth is put to bed with the latest installment from Ole Blighty.

'Terror ringleader' is brilliant NHS doctor

We've been told time and again that desperation and poverty breed terrorists. They have no other avenue but violence to be heard. Crap. Crap. Crap.

It's desperation alright but not that kind. They're desperate because their societies are so oppressive and strict. They are denied anything approaching fun for their entire life. They are told by everyone that they are God's chosen people but their societies are failures. Aside from oil, they produce nothing. They see the decadent and indulgent West doing everything they deny themselves and we're kicking their asses in every measure that matters. Economically, militarily, culturally, technologically, you name it.

That has throw everything they're told into question. How can this be? How can we, God's faithful and chosen, be doing everything right and have nothing to show for it?

How can these infidel sinners enjoy such plenty and happiness?

How can this be?

That, dear reader(s) is why they are going insane.

Update: A former Jihadi explains the indoctrination he received:


"How do Islamic radicals justify such terror in the name of their religion?

There isn't enough room to outline everything here, but the foundation of extremist reasoning rests upon a model of the world in which you are either a believer or an infidel.

Formal Islamic theology, unlike Christian theology, does not allow for the separation of state and religion: they are considered to be one and the same.

For centuries, the reasoning of Islamic jurists has set down rules of interaction between Dar ul-Islam (the Land of Islam) and Dar ul-Kufr (the Land of Unbelief) to cover almost every matter of trade, peace and war.

But what radicals and extremists do is to take this two steps further. Their first step has been to argue that, since there is no pure Islamic state, the whole world must be Dar ul-Kufr (The Land of Unbelief).

Step two: since Islam must declare war on unbelief, they have declared war upon the whole world.

Along with many of my former peers, I was taught by Pakistani and British radical preachers that this reclassification of the globe as a Land of War (Dar ul-Harb) allows any Muslim to destroy the sanctity of the five rights that every human is granted under Islam: life, wealth, land, mind and belief.

In Dar ul-Harb, anything goes, including the treachery and cowardice of attacking civilians. "



Did you get that? They're at war with the whole world. They mean to kill everyone until only they remain. (What they'd do with such an empty planet is another matter).

Comments

Abu Daoud said…
Thanks, and I like the blog.

Of course there is another possibility, other than outright war, or outright surrender and dhimmitude.

What is that? A robust Christian mission to the lands of Islam and Muslims everywhere. Not sure if you've done it lately, but crack open that Bible and peruse the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) and see if that is not like a breath of fresh air after hearing about Islam so much these days.

To have a God if forgiveness, mercy, Love, and a God who not only cares for us but is willing to sacrifice his own well-being for the sake of making peace, well, that's Good News for most Muslims.

And again, you don't have to be a fundamentalist to view things this way. Our church back in the West is Anglican, fardly a mainstay for fundamentalism. Let me know if you have any questions.

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