"Terrorism expert" says boredom, sense of insignificance lead to jihad?

Question

Here's another hint: None of the jihadists are Methodists. Or Hindus, Unitarians, Catholics, or Buddhists. And yet, there are plenty of Methodists, Hindus, Unitarians, Catholics, Buddhists, and others who are either bored, feeling stuck in a rut in life...

What say you?

michinoku2001 - you bring up some great points (although the numbers pale in comparison). Many of those that you list are Left wing (“progressive”?) groups. Tim McViegh was not a Christian and did nothing in the name of Christianity.

As always, I ask those of you who claim there are Christian groups whose slaughter compares to that of the Islamists to provide some proof (there is none, you are liars)

ArgleBar...
"Bwahahahhahaha!!!!!"

I mean really... WTF? What exactly does "Bwahahahhahaha" signify? Is this your maniacal laughter? Do you really sound like that? Based on your past posts you probably do. Nutball. Please for your own sake take your meds and DON'T mix them.

Answer 1

it's more so that many islamic followers are turning to fundamentalist ways.. meaning, they are attempting to follow what the Quran teaches more closely... they feel as though they have been punished by God for allowing the sins and vices of the west to exist and to allow the muslim culture to be infested with Western influence. Islam, at one time, enjoyed vast empires and power.. but, the once great empires (ottomans, moors, etc etc), began to break away and the power and influence swayed to the colonial powers of Europe.. and fundamentalist Islam blames all this on allowing non-believers to exist.. after all, the Quran teaches you to do one of 3 things when faced with an "infadel"..
1) convert them, 2) rule them and tax them, 3) kill them..

i do not believe that "boredom" is a cause of terrorism.. the feeling of insignificance is viable as i've explained.. it is through no fault of anyone besides themselves though... and these powerful clerics and cell leaders have a significant part in all this... playing off of these emotions of the proud Islamic people... adding fuel to the fires..

samurai jack.. yes, of course, over the years there have been groups that have committed violence in the name of religion... protestants, catholics... they all have at some point.. but, does that mean we have to condone what the Islamic fascists are doing?? that makes no sense.. and besides.. protestants and catholics do not wish to wipe an entire culture off the map as fundamentalist Islam does..

Answer 2

I think you can find an expert to say anything that you would like. I am sure that a sense of insignificance has something to do with it. If you felt that you were significant in some way, why would you want to kill yourself to become significant. I am not an expert though, so it is just my view of the subject.

As for religion causing war, the problem is primarily with western religion. Western religion from Judaism, Christianity and on to Islam have all said that no one can get into heaven except for those that believe. Christianity added, and it is your duty to spread the word so that others may be admitted to heaven. There have been fanatics of each of these religions that have taken these teachings to the extreme. I am sure that, just as Christ has condemned those who have performed atrocities in his name, Mohamed is turning over in his grave at the manner in which his teachings are used by some.

Islam is a religion that has about 1.2 billion followers. It is the fastest growing religion in many parts of the world. I doubt that they are all bored or feeling insignificant. What percentage of those 1.2 billion people want to live in peace with Christians? I don't know. What percentage want to live in peace with Jews? Probably fewer. Just as Christians believe that everyone should worship Jesus Christ, Muslims believe that everyone should follow the teachings of the prophet Mohamed. What was the question again?

Answer 3

The Jihadists have known this to be true for many years. That is why the fundamentalist Muslim leadership puts so many restrictions on their male followers. The poorer, more hopeless and insignificant a young man feels, the easier it is to offer him a way to be important; by joining the jihad. Since most young men get all of their information though approved channels, they believe their unhappy lives are directly attributable to actions of the infidels.

This makes recruitment pretty easy. It is also why fundamentalist Islamofascists fear democracy and self-determination taking root in Iraq. Freedom is infectious. If the quality of life goes up in Iraq, it will be the beginning of the end of the Mullahs.

The enemy is keenly aware of this, the Democrats in America apparently are not or choose to ignore it.

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Answer 4

That is ridiculous. I can't believe you just wrote something so ignorant. Why do you think that Muslims felt insignificant in the first place, its because of people who say these kind of things.

There is no possible justification for blaming an ENTIRE religion for the actions of a few. Is every single Muslim a jihadist? Absolutely not. Do they all condone it? No. The jihadists are sorely misguided, and little does anyone know that the controllers of these terrorist groups aren't even Muslim, they use the faith to lure in the religious and angry youth to further their own ideologies.

Real Muslims know that what the jihadists do is unjust, ridiculous and disgusting.

I don't condone what they do, by all means I wish each one of them to be tortured for centuries on end, but you can't blame Islam, you just can't.

Of course there is loads and loads of propaganda like the answerer below me has given, but again, those who put those type of things in the minds of children cannot claim to be Muslim. They cannot claim to believe in any religion that teaches good, because anyone who imparts that much sick information in the mind of a child does not have any convictions.

Again: THESE PEOPLE USE THE ISLAMIC FAITH TO FURTHER THEIR OWN IDEOLOGIES.

Jihad doesn't even mean 'holy war' It means 'a good deed done under the eye of god'

And by the by, does THE CRUSADES ring any bells for you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades

Contemporary or not, it happened, but the difference was almost all of the Christians at the time were all for it.

The truth is though, that be it Christians, Muslim, Hindus, whatever, everyone strays from their God's path. This is a human flaw, not a religious one. The proof is in all of the levelheaded, intelligent, honest and hardworking people there are from every religion out there.

Answer 5

It is all excuses. The only reason they do what they do is because they are sick and twisted people driven on a desire to convert the world. Sorry for any lib who doesnt like the truth but the mission since 630 AD has been complete conversion whether by missionaries or the sword and most have fallen by the sword.

Answer 6

Probably some truth to what the so-called expert says.

Boredom and insignificance in a poverty stricken, radical hate-filled islamic society in the middle of the depressing brown deserts of the middle East is a lot different than being bored in most other modern cultures of the world.

In other words, I would probably feel like strangling someone too if I had to live in that sh*thole over there.

Plus, they gotta wear them stupid Jesus sandals all the time. Man, I would get way sick of that.

Answer 7

Boredom and a sense of insignificance leads to terrorism and holy war? Oh. Finally. I guess someone has figured out what was eating those guys in the White House that made them go on their crusade against Iraq!!!!

I vote that we try to make the White House more fun so that the next dwellers of that august abode won't engage in a little crusade of their own just to liven things up.

Answer 8

What leads to terrorism--on the part of the "foot soldiers" who commit the acts, not the leaders--is a lmisplaced sense of injustice and oppression.

And it is not--as you imply--because they are Muslims. Terrorism is simply a tactic. The United States used it extensively in WW2, deliberately targeting and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians in Germany and Japan in air attacks that were openl declared to be "Terror Raids."

Muslims are no more prone to using terror as a tactic than any other religion. And if you want to measure the relative "terrorist tendancies" of various religions by the numbers of innocent civilians killed down through the years--Christians are the worst of the lot, by a very wide margin.

Answer 9

Timothy McVeigh wasn't a Christian? Bwahahahhahaha!!!!!

The IRA and the Basque separatists aren't catholic?

The Army of God isn't a bunch of fundie whacko terrorists?

The fact is - the modern fundiecons share a deep legacy of violence, hate, and extreme self righteousness in common with their psychotic muslim brethren.

Wear those bibleblinders - it prevents seeing the truth.

*I love fundies and their "facts". Bottom line is if your basic assumptions have no facts or evidence to back them up - all of the rest of your "beliefs" are pure BS.

Have a nice day. Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!

Answer 10

I say it probable comes greater from having your worldwide places carved up and redrawn at will to serve western hobbies for the previous, oh, hundred and fifty years or so. (to not point out different, plenty older antagonisms.)