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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
They say irony died with the Twin Towers. I think sarcasm had a lot to do with it.
Regardless, perhaps there is an increasing issue with home-grown radicalization in America post-9/11. The problem with that is it makes every Muslim a potential "nut job."
No, the problem isn't with religion (i.e. Islam). Much of the problem is social and cultural. What causes radicalization?
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radicalisation used to be easy to classify. Mostly it was young muslim men usually between the ages of 18-35, from a lower to middle class, unemployed and not much better to do than grind an axe and blame the western world for his problems and sorrows, thinking/wishing/hoping to go back to the 'golden age' of Islam.
these days the generalisation has shifted and changed. though there is the stock-standard ive described above, but now we are getting middle class men (and some women) with degrees, doctorates and people of higher standing in society deciding that radicalisation is the only way to go.
if you want to win this war against radicalisation, you need to win the minds of the masses. never mind what the cliche' tells you about winning hearts and minds. if you win the mind, you win the heart. education is the key factor i believe. without education, you lose a level in social standing, and you are back to square one.
i agree..i call nutjob..the question is how do you police against this?