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But the real problem for contemporary Islam is the almost total disappearance of the secular world. Religion is expanded, and this is typical of Islam, but the moderates are lacking, those with whom we could start a dialogue, especially to stem the most extreme fringes, such as the Muslim Brotherhood. The same professor confirms: "There is a bit of disaffection, but there is no mass abandonment of the faith, the phenomenon affects at most 10, 15% .The practice falls, the consumption of halal meat: but the affirmation of religious identity exceeds 80% Of course this identity Islam needs a new religious socialization as a response to terrorism, but rather finds it in the return to pious, devout, less political and more orthodox religion. Friday in the mosque there are more young ". Which, of course, involves various problems as young people often tend to radicalize themselves, especially if they live in conditions of extreme discomfort. Many casseurs, teppistelli, of Arab origin living in France, for example, in these years have reached the black flags of the Islamic State to fight the jihad.
And the radical elements are advancing, also because they are concerned with welfare: "Pietist Salafism, more than the Muslim Brotherhood, is investing in the socialization of children and women.There are many new didactic books with modern graphics that promote a soft Salafism, a doctrinal approach that has not fallen from the top but centered on the needs from below: it is a conservative Islam but with a new paradigm from which, in theory, the discussion on the indisputable could open up ". The solos are however a double-edged sword. While on the one hand they can be used to provide knowledge and culture, on the other hand they can be used to brainwash young people.
Which, for Dassetto, opens another problem. Yet another. Integration: "I have the impression that despite the many appeals followed by the 2015, 2016 and 2017 attacks, the bridges have taken a little hold in Europe, studies say that even the third and fourth generation youngsters, the children of parents born here, they maintain a certain hesitation about their belonging ".
All of this, dropped in the international context, becomes even more complex: "America has an Islamic policy, like it or not: it works to promote an Islam in which it is interested, an alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood and to the Salafis. despite its geographical position, it does not have a strategy that encourages a less conservative Islam.There is something moving among young Muslims but they are isolated, they rely on the web and "I like" in the absence of social force, they do not have leaders. there will happen something, among young men and especially among women, there is much expectation ". The United States, as noted, are moving on a double track regarding the Islamic world. It opposes Shiite Islam, that, to understand us, linked to Iran, and favors that Sunni, sponsored by Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries.
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Islam therefore finds itself at a crossroads. Or it increases the secular push or that tied to extremist fringes. And this change is watching us very closely. As witnessed by the riots in the suburbs and the attacks of recent years.
"Situation in Europe should develop into civil war"
The third generation of European jihadists hopes for a radicalization of Muslims and wants to build a caliphate on Europe's ruins. What the French Islamic scholar Gilles Kepel advises.
Terrorism in Europe is, in the words of French Islamic scholar Gilles Kepel, not primarily an expression of a war between the West and Islam. "Terrorism is above all an expression of a war within Islam," he said on Deutschlandfunk.
The third generation of European jihadists wanted to spread a climate of terror in the European states, which should generate hostile reactions against all Muslims, he added. The Muslims should be radicalized in this way. "The situation should develop into a civil war."
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originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
I participated in that last thread that got shut down and I don't see this one staying up either.
There were a lot of nasty, intolerant and bigoted posts that made that old thread, I expect to see the same happen on this one.
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
I participated in that last thread that got shut down and I don't see this one staying up either.
There were a lot of nasty, intolerant and bigoted posts that made that old thread, I expect to see the same happen on this one.
If this one is also closed, meanwhile other threads with a slant towards the left, and which are bigoted and intolerant, or make bigoted and intolerant claims towards anything to do that is not "left-wing," then it will just be proof of bias.
This is not a call to violence, or to incite violence against Muslims.
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: Breakthestreak
Did the KKK represent all white Christian males?
Just because it was made up Christian men that doesn’t mean all those Christians are bad people. The same goes for Muslims, I know many good and peaceful muslims who hate the Muslim brotherhood and the fanatics just as much as the rest of us.
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
I participated in that last thread that got shut down and I don't see this one staying up either.
There were a lot of nasty, intolerant and bigoted posts that made that old thread, I expect to see the same happen on this one.
originally posted by: paraphi
They are becoming radicalised because...
1. So many came over in one go, that they are forming their own communities. These prevent integration and breed group-think and victimhood.
2. The streets are not paved with gold. The immigrants were sold a lie. They did not get a job, a car, a posh house and a sweet blond woman to do constant porn with them. They got high-rise flats, charity and basic welfare, and were told to learn the language. Learning the language was not part of the deal, was it?
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: Breakthestreak
Did the KKK represent all white Christian males?
Just because it was made up Christian men that doesn’t mean all those Christians are bad people. The same goes for Muslims, I know many good and peaceful muslims who hate the Muslim brotherhood and the fanatics just as much as the rest of us.
originally posted by: Carcharadon
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: Breakthestreak
Did the KKK represent all white Christian males?
Just because it was made up Christian men that doesn’t mean all those Christians are bad people. The same goes for Muslims, I know many good and peaceful muslims who hate the Muslim brotherhood and the fanatics just as much as the rest of us.
No you don't. You know Muslims that TELL you that.
Plus your dumb comment is dumb.
"I know many members of the Nazi Party that only joined because they grew up with it but they hate the Nazis as much as anyone".
That's your mentality on Islam but with Nazis.
Would you let 10 million Nazis into your country based on that sort of idiocy? No you would not.
Is it because most Muslims are brown? Is it a way of virtue signaling?
originally posted by: surfer_soul
originally posted by: Carcharadon
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: Breakthestreak
Did the KKK represent all white Christian males?
Just because it was made up Christian men that doesn’t mean all those Christians are bad people. The same goes for Muslims, I know many good and peaceful muslims who hate the Muslim brotherhood and the fanatics just as much as the rest of us.
No you don't. You know Muslims that TELL you that.
Plus your dumb comment is dumb.
"I know many members of the Nazi Party that only joined because they grew up with it but they hate the Nazis as much as anyone".
That's your mentality on Islam but with Nazis.
Would you let 10 million Nazis into your country based on that sort of idiocy? No you would not.
Is it because most Muslims are brown? Is it a way of virtue signaling?
First off you don’t know anything about me, I happen to live in a community with many Muslims and I’ve had very mixed feelings towards them over the years. Saying I don’t know them when I have grown up with them, worked alongside them and been in many an argument and even fights with them and also have made Muslim friends, is actually just showing you ignorance. At the end of the day they are just regular people.
You’re making the mistake of thinking radical versions of Islam such as Wahhabism represent all of Islam, or the actions of a relatively few extremists represent all Muslims. If that were the case we would be in all out war already.
Do you think all the Germans who joined the nazi party were evil? If not then ask yourself why did they join? It was the nazi ideology that was evil but it was presented to the Germans as patriotic, noble, righteous and anyone who spoke out against it was promptly silenced. It’s ideology and beliefs that can be dangerous so at least educate yourself and go after the Muslim brotherhood or Wahhabism rather than stupidly tarring all Muslims with the same brush.
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
The screams from one of the victims torn my soul as she was being beheaded.