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To begin with, the concept of democracy is too advanced for the Middle Eastern peoples to accept and use. This is not a derrogatory statement, merely fact. The middle eastern version of the magna carta was signed 700 YEARS after the civilized world sat down and said the power should not be in the hands of one or a few. Democracy is a modern concept, and to try to force it onto a society that, for all intents and purposes, is still in the dark ages.
That being said, to address the original thread of the brutality and mindset of the terrorist. They are Muslim, though to say terrorism is a uniquely muslim thing would be wrong. American's used terrorism against the british, russian's against the Czarists, and even ancient Indians in the Americas against their enemies. But it is the glorification of the martyr that makes Islamist terrorism stand out. Explaining the history and roots of terrorism on this post would be rediculous as it would require many hundreds of pages, however the bottom line is Islam celebrates the martyr as a Judaeo-Christian society would celebrate it's saints.
The wording of the Quran states that no one shall kill an innocent. INNOCENT. does not say thou shalt not kill. It leaves murder open to interpretation. it leaves what qualifies as a human being open to interpretation. The brutality needs not justification to the terrorist mind.
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