There is no empirical evidence that religion and ideology are primary motivators for violent extremism. Radicalisation is a social issue.
.... The removal of passports and legal measures to arrest and detain returned fighters are part of Australia’s counter-terrorism approach. The UK and Canada have taken similar measures. While removing the opportunity to carry out violence is important, these measures cannot stand alone. They need to be supported by measures that approach radicalisation not just as a security problem but as a social issue that can be prevented. [902 comments]
[TOP RATED COMMENT 241 votes] Hahahah. I'm glad satire is still alive, and hasn't been shut down by the Islamo-Fascists at the weekend.
This has, easily, been the best laugh I've had all week, a subtlety nuanced, perfectly pitched satire of a bankrupt pscho-babble ideology: "lets go and talk to their parents"....hahaha...its like something out of the mid 70s.
As our civilisation visibly now evaporates, and way of life now dies, to become a footnote of history, as the enlightenment is reversed...we certainly all need a good laugh.
[SECOND 234] "Excellent article. Hopefully this can be the start of some intelligent discussion on this issue." (22 votes)
It is not, and she is being an apologist for murder and beheading.
[THIRD 219] The terrorists literally state while they are committing terrorist acts "We are doing this in the name of islam" and yet we still have countless people from the west saying "Oh that has nothing to do with islam"
[FOURTH 188] This is just another attempt to argue that we are somehow responsible for people becoming terrorists.
We are not, and I find the suggestion offensive.
Further, this article makes no mention of the fight to create a Calliphate that extends over Europe and Australia.
[FIFTH 169] The idea that the ideology of Wahabism, Qutb-ism, Maududi-ism, the theocratic streams that emanate from Ibn Tamiyah and the theology of 'takfir', the rich beliefs and ideas of Salafi-Jihadism, and political Islamism, the idea that these have nothing to do with violent extremism is simply not credible.
That is not to say that there are not different factors that feed into why men and women turn to jihadism.
Its to say that to discount and absolve these ideas, propagated by ideologues consistently and purposefully, even though they don't represent the 'true' face of Islam (because Islam as practised is diverse), but are very much a part of Islam as a varied faith -- to say it has nothing to do with Islam is a form of avoidance, an ethical absurdity, dangerous, and lacks moral integrity. It is, frankly, preposterous. [Guardian Cif] Read more
