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Originally Posted by Russ
The point SB makes reminds me of a topic I'm always open to discussing yet I never seem to get a legitimate answer to (maybe I'm asking the wrong people?).
I accept Islam is a peaceful faith - and other religions have pondlife amongst their ranks - but what is it about Islam that *seems* to attract the biggest nutters?
Granted they are the absolute minority but it *seems* the majority of suicide bombers and those more in favour of violence to achieve their aims are Muslim (yes I know about the Crusades, an unforgivable time in Christianity, however I'm talking about 'now'). I've always wondered what it is that develops the sort of mentality you don't seem to find so much in the other faiths.
Or is it all down to selective reporting?
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Good question Russ, whilst I'm sure there are a plethora of reasons for radicalizing certain elements of the Muslim community one which seems to rear its head continually is a sense of "victimhood".
I've seen programs where ex-radical Muslims tell of storys being banged into their heads about atrocities being committed against them in places like Chechnya and Palestine.
Obviously we are all aware that Chechnya has been a dirty brutal war, there is no denying that, but it needs leaders of these mosques to quash this overriding false sense of victimhood.