Interesting look at Muslim Terror
Ali Eteraz looks at a survey of 9000 Muslims designed to find differences between the radicals and the moderates. Surprisingly perhaps, the survey doesn’t really find anything, except their attitude toward violence.
Ali goes on to offer what I think is a very convincing explanation for Islamic terrorism from within western nations, and he puts the blame squarely on Islam, not the religion, but the social structures that have grown up around it, particulary an attitude of exclusion and judgement, which leaves a wide swath for recruiters to move into.
Certainly well worth thinking about. I don’t think that their is a whole lot non-muslims can do to change this culture, but certainly I think we can make a difference in other ways. If, as Ali postulates, Muslim terror within western nations is fueled by a sense of isolation and loniless, the extending friendship to Muslims could go a long way to counter that. People need a community, and if they can find it no where else the radicals are more than willing to fill in the gap.
In any event, this summary does not do Ali’s post justice, I urge you to go read the entire thing.
