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Historic case of "sudden jihad syndrome"
Reader comment on item: Sudden Jihad Syndrome – It's Now Official
Submitted by Alan in Kansas (United States), Jan 19, 2008 at 02:40
Dear Mr. Pipes,
In reading your apt definition of "sudden jihad syndrome" it occurs to me that the assassination of Robert Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968 was such a case. The followup was also typical. His lawyers entered a plea of insanity for him! A classic case of "sudden jihad syndrome".
Alan in Kansas
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| 1 | Google Search: "Sudden Jihad Syndrorm": About 686,000 results (0.42 seconds) [21 words] | Robert | Dec 19, 2021 23:18 | 277377 | |
| 2 | No 'Radical' Islam [104 words] | JK | Oct 20, 2020 13:54 | 261043 | |
| 1 | And it happened again at Orlando [86 words] | loupgarous | Oct 17, 2016 19:50 | 233418 | |
| 1 | Terror Is as Terror Does [130 words] | Islam Revealed | Dec 1, 2009 09:24 | 165268 | |
| Bulldozer Terrorists in Jerusalem ---Examples of Sudden Jihad Syndrome [53 words] | joe | Jul 25, 2008 13:02 | 135653 | ||
| jihadist Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (June '68) shot RFK for voting jets to Saudis [65 words] | Mike Smith M.A. | Mar 5, 2008 19:21 | 121837 | ||
| Just a remote social phenomenon that can happen in all oth situ [117 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Marco Hiirata | Feb 14, 2008 00:07 | 120184 | ||
| I was a muslim. [161 words] | zari namdar | Feb 10, 2008 03:08 | 119872 | ||
 Its not about religion... [346 words] | Marco Hiirata | Feb 14, 2008 00:29 | 119872 | ||
| 1 | When Taking a Child to the Park [187 words] | Ynnatchkah | Feb 3, 2008 00:50 | 119494 | |
| sudden narrow-minded syndrome [34 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Taj | Jan 25, 2008 03:29 | 118944 | ||
| 1 | Suddenly (active) Muslim Syndrome [178 words] | Humanist | Feb 5, 2008 04:48 | 118944 | |
| better late than never [98 words] | Taj | Feb 6, 2008 19:37 | 118944 | ||
| 1 | Unfortunately Muslim (or christian, or jew or hindu or whatever) [215 words] | Humanist | Feb 11, 2008 06:32 | 118944 | |
| 1 | Devout = devoted to what? [48 words] | Brian H | Feb 11, 2008 16:15 | 118944 | |
| 1 | The Bible - The Koran [382 words] | Susan Browne | Feb 12, 2008 14:17 | 118944 | |
| yup, it's little... [39 words] | Taj | Feb 14, 2008 22:26 | 118944 | ||
| sudden-bad-grades-syndrome... [130 words] | Taj | Feb 14, 2008 22:47 | 118944 | ||
| 1 | Distortion by Proportion [120 words] | Brian H | Feb 17, 2008 23:33 | 118944 | |
| Devoutly adhering to Islam??? [215 words] | humanist | Feb 18, 2008 10:29 | 118944 | ||
| Koran + + [37 words] | Brian H | Feb 18, 2008 17:00 | 118944 | ||
| bad vision [109 words] | Taj | Feb 21, 2008 17:23 | 118944 | ||
| one left field to another... [121 words] | Taj | Feb 21, 2008 20:23 | 118944 | ||
| In the middle of center [155 words] | humanist | Feb 25, 2008 05:02 | 118944 | ||
| close, yet... [259 words] | Taj | Feb 26, 2008 04:58 | 118944 | ||
| Humanist you are just being politically correct. [60 words] | Indhindu | Feb 19, 2011 07:32 | 118944 | ||
| 1 |  Historic case of "sudden jihad syndrome" [55 words] | Alan in Kansas | Jan 19, 2008 02:40 | 118527 | |
| Sirhan- Sirhan was a Christian. [72 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 23, 2008 12:16 | 118527 | ||
| 1 | No Christian hates Jews [50 words] | Guy Macher | Dec 31, 2009 11:27 | 118527 | |
| This applies to everybody [223 words] | Blane Burns | Jan 18, 2008 12:32 | 118461 | ||
| 1 | Muslim Personality Disorder [124 words] | donvan | Jan 17, 2008 12:55 | 118389 | |
| All of them have it !! [55 words] | Jaladhi | Jan 18, 2008 09:49 | 118389 | ||
| Sweeping generalizations by the OBSES-ed [153 words] | Addo Eijlsum | Mar 19, 2008 09:27 | 118389 | ||
| Sudden jihad syndrome has it's roots in teachings of Quran!!! [304 words] | Jaladhi | Mar 27, 2008 13:36 | 118389 | ||
| It's utter nonsense to ignore the various unholy bases of Muslims' SJS [169 words] | Addo Eijlsum | Mar 31, 2008 07:31 | 118389 | ||
| UC Irvine-Letter to campus Newspaper [494 words] | gary fouse | Jan 15, 2008 20:05 | 118291 | ||
| New phenomenon? [98 words] | John Coffin | Jan 10, 2008 19:31 | 117949 | ||
| What is it about Islam .... [44 words] | Nuke99 | Jan 9, 2008 11:37 | 117795 | ||
| On the other hand what's wrong with us .... [88 words] | Jaladhi | Jan 9, 2008 17:18 | 117795 | ||
| The Peacefulness of All Religions [57 words] | Brian H | Feb 11, 2008 22:53 | 117795 | ||
| Your estimate is modest [92 words] | Archimedes2 | Jan 8, 2008 20:19 | 117766 | ||
| THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH [622 words] | Geno M. | Jan 7, 2008 19:36 | 117690 | ||
| Offended Muslim Syndrome & Self-Help Support Groups [232 words] | Red Square | Jan 7, 2008 16:20 | 117674 | ||
| Is Islam a Religion of Peace? [1487 words] | gary fouse | Jan 6, 2008 22:32 | 117623 | ||
| The Peaces of Islam [88 words] | Brian H | Feb 3, 2008 21:32 | 117623 | ||
| Evidence of Muslim violence [122 words] | Ralph | Jul 24, 2009 16:56 | 117623 | ||
| IT'S TIME TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF SAUDI ARABIA [421 words] | Geno M. | Jan 6, 2008 14:42 | 117601 | ||
| Lead, follow, or get out of the way [332 words] | PDM | Jan 6, 2008 21:28 | 117601 | ||
| Even benign Moslems can have terrorist children [92 words] | Charles Martel | Jan 7, 2008 11:12 | 117601 | ||
| About what you wrote [305 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 7, 2008 15:12 | 117601 | ||
| Sudden Jihad Syndrome & "Mental Doctor" Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) [302 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 6, 2008 10:18 | 117595 | ||
| Elizabeth Becton [117 words] | Wade A | Jun 20, 2009 05:35 | 117595 |
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