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Reader comment on item: Has Islam been Hijacked by Radicals?
in response to reader comment: The Definition of Hijacking - Cognitive Dissonance or Radicalism as a tragic choice for Muslims

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), Jan 28, 2011 at 07:51

Michel writes:

"I would assume that these people for the sake of their individual mental health (silently) support their Djihaadists in order to resolve the foregoing dilemma. Likely they would in the privacy of their homes, secretly applaude their activists and thus find some way to live with themselves and still call themselves muslim. It must nevertheless be terribly difficult and frustrating to live in such a state of denial."

Oh, it's easy to rationalise any position, handle any defeat when you're convinced you're on the winning side. Case in point - German and Japanese civilians circa 1944 . And that was leaving religion and afterlife out of the equation. The problem is that the darkness and hatreds run so deep. The more devoted muslims will always find a reason to be anti-semitic and way to justify beheading or otherwise nullifying perceived enemies of Islam.

"..... To be a true muslim there - here considered as fundamentalist - is matter of life or death, defines the individual career, success or failure in their societies. In these regions radical islam is a self-propelling mechanism - a fire which only will burn out, when the grip of the oil on the global economy loosens and those rigid structures will implode, once the drip of petrodollars dries out."

that latter point may be reached sooner than you think

http://www.gizmag.com/breakthrough-promises-150-per-gallon-synthetic-gasoline-with-no-carbon-emissions/17687/

'...I dare to venture that in 100 years Islam will be a religion, which could no longer be compared to what is the norm today. Not because they want to, but because it will become a simple matter of self-preservation. The dinosaur of Islam will have to eventually join Buddhism, Christianity, the Jews or Hindus - all religiions, which by now have already more in common than not and most of all found ways to co-exist peacefully."

Bet you $100 it won't exist. There'll be no more need to believe in buraqs, wiping your backside with your left hand, enhancing any genetically predisposition to OCD by having to continually clean yourself and face Mecca 5 times a day, No necessity to believe the child-bedding 'perfect man' split the moon with his little finger etc etc . No myths of Islamic 'supremacy' and none of its superstition.

One of Islam's many Achilles heels is its intolerance - and this sticks out like _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Given true freedom of choice - what sane person would believe in such a hodge-podge of garbled distortions - when so many more clearer, kinder and more practical paths and methods for achieving spiritual wholeness are so freely available.

But before that point is reached in the more tolerant West - I expect the boil will be lanced one way or another - with the most likely outcome a crescendo of blood letting borne out of generations of ignorance and hatred. Recent examples from that most Islamic of states - Pakistan - shows there's probably not enough medication in the world to deal with the combined psychoses of their population. How do you mass-medicate against such wide-spread deep seated fantasies which actually cause the 'believers' harm?

".....Before any dissent, debate or questioning of islam can occur there, ."

some of them occasionally admit the obvious

Submitting....

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Sadly, no islam has not been hi-jacked, it is just like the original. [46 words]Phil GreendJan 30, 2013 17:37202981
2The Definition of Hijacking - Cognitive Dissonance or Radicalism as a tragic choice for Muslims [995 words]Michel C ZalaJan 25, 2011 11:58182036
4sooner rather than later [541 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 28, 2011 07:51182036
The Glass Half Empty? [372 words]Michel C. ZalaJan 30, 2011 11:25182036
1Islam has always belonged to extremists! [105 words]B.N.GururajJan 15, 2011 22:38181828
2Muslims should not rest in peace until we have destroyed America and India : Maulana Masood Azhar (Pakistani Islamic Terrorist) [112 words]Rahul VermaJan 30, 2011 04:17181828
1Daisy Khan watch and she will not be the center of attention! poor Farhat I mean Daisy [225 words]dhimmi no moreJan 15, 2011 11:21181819
1things are very rarely as they seem [179 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 15, 2011 20:49181819
5Must reading: "Fatima and the daughters of Muhammad" [371 words]dhimmi no moreJan 18, 2011 06:36181819
5Equivalence to Violent Christianity??? [67 words]DallasDec 29, 2010 14:05181341
2THere is NO violence or terrorism (other than sickos) in ANY religion but Islam [20 words]JimDec 30, 2010 20:09181341
3If Islam is being misrepresented as the problem... [63 words]HomefrontDec 28, 2010 21:58181324
wrong [244 words]havasJan 4, 2011 14:12181324
6It is your islamic sources that say that we kuffar only tell you what your sources are saying so if you do not like it then get rid of them [548 words]dhimmi no moreJan 5, 2011 06:26181324
1no surrender to islamic imperialism [671 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 7, 2011 03:28181324
see you next year [371 words]havasJan 10, 2011 14:42181324
3Turkey, one of the most secular states in the world???? [2171 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 11, 2011 05:46181324
quality of discussion - the opposite maybe true [58 words]mythDec 28, 2010 16:14181321
4Nobody has hijacked real Islam - it is being practiced by Muslims who the Western media calls them as radicals and Islamists!!! [100 words]JaladhiDec 28, 2010 13:40181320
5The strange case of Amir Khadir and I urge the people of Mercier to go out and vote him out [248 words]dhimmi no moreDec 28, 2010 07:51181316
dhimmi's continuous rants against Muslims/Islam [16 words]Khaja QutubDec 29, 2010 19:45181316
1Another victim of Arabian imperialism [207 words]dhimmi no moreDec 31, 2010 07:29181316
Converted ... and islamic cult [124 words]Muslimk***Dec 31, 2010 09:45181316
2no delusion worse than self delusion, none more blind than those who wll not see [108 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 4, 2011 01:57181316
5Extremist islamic cult [74 words]Muslimk***Dec 27, 2010 07:22181288
9The question "Has Islam been hijacked by radicals" itself is invalid. [316 words]RajeevDec 25, 2010 15:05181252
3Yes, wrong question [387 words]Erich WDec 27, 2010 16:49181252
1Islamic nationalism [68 words]Joe Six-PackDec 27, 2010 20:11181252
1Umma means Nation, more or less [112 words]Erich WDec 29, 2010 02:41181252
2Islam and the "Liberal age" [123 words]dhimmi no moreDec 29, 2010 17:48181252
2intercede for what - and how? [52 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 30, 2010 02:58181252
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3Allah al-makkar [21 words]dhimmi no moreJan 4, 2011 07:08181207
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