Im not into religion, but after studying religion, in particular 'Islam', here are my thoughts:
A) Daily ritual would be employed to saturate every part of a victims life. Ex: Contrast Christian once a week Suday Church ritual to Muslim five times a day ritual prayer plus Friday ritual Mosque attendance.
B) Literalism or fundamentalism (taking and applying scriptures literally in all circumstances) would be mainstream. Ex: Literalism in the Islamic commuity is mainstream, contrasted to Christianty where fundamentalist are the minority.
C) Victims are kept in an insular cult or society where voices from the outside are kept out and demonized. Ex: While Christian community labels many areas of our culture as "of the world", science (except except evolution) is no made part of the outworld, along with everything else. Contrast with Islamic culture that essentially demonizes everything non-muslim. Islamic countries have the lowest book translation rates of the world. One voice.
2006-11-15
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