Re: Why Islamic Radicals Don't Last

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On Feb 6, 4:26 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Why Islamic Radicals Don't Last****
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> http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20120206.aspx****
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> February 6, 2012: A major problem with Islamic radicalism and terrorism is**
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> that it has been around for over a thousand years and is endemic to Moslem**
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> nations. This is because Islam is based on the belief that government, and**
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> the lives of all Moslems, should be ruled by Islamic law (sharia). Yet****
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> through most of its history (since Islam arrived 1,500 years ago) Moslems***
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> have been ruled by secular laws (or a combination of sharia and secular,****
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> with non-clerics having the final say). In other words, the concept of****
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> sharia never caught on in a big way. Yet all Moslem religious education****
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> stresses that living according to sharia is the ideal lifestyle for a****
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> Moslem. Moslem clerics continue to believe this, although many recognize****
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> that the reality of secular rule and do not encourage rebellion. But it's***
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> easy for a Moslem cleric to go old-school and start preaching the primacy of
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> sharia.****
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> The problem is that most Moslems do not want to live according to sharia.***
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> Those that do, because they have no choice, are usually unhappy with how it*
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> is applied. Some of this unhappiness springs from the fact that there is no*
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> one interpretation of sharia accepted by all Moslems. There is no Islamic***
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> pope, thus there is no doctrinal unity. Then there are the divisions within*
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> Islam. There are two main forms of Islam; Sunni (about 80 percent of all****
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> Moslems) and Shia (about ten percent, most of them in Iran). Even within****
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> these two branches of Islam, there are many further divisions. For over a***
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> thousand years, disputes, and often wars, have arisen because of theological
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> disputes between the factions. For the last century, the major source of****
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> fatalities from religious violence has been Islamic factionalism, which****
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> often includes attacks on non-Moslems by Islamic radicals who believe this**
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> is what God wants.****
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> This violence usually begins locally, with a particularly articulate and****
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> charismatic Islamic cleric gathering together enough holy warriors to****
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> attract the attention of secular leaders. This would often lead to fighting,
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> which might last for months or years, and cause widespread death and****
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> devastation. But the secular rulers would always prevail. The secular rulers
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> could be as ruthless as they had to be, while Holy Warriors eventually****
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> suffered from money, supply and recruiting problems. The secular rulers were
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> usually quick to go after the clerics who were stirring everything up, and**
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> once these men were captured or killed, the uprising would fall apart. This*
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> policy prevented many religious uprisings from even getting started. This***
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> policy is still standard for rulers of Moslem populations.****
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> The 20th century brought with it electronic media and world-wide****
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> communications. *Moslem nations tended to be economically and technically*
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> *backward* (because so many clerics considered this stuff, and so much more*
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> from the West, as un-Islamic) and these revolutionary technologies were late
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> to appear. But when radio and tape cassettes showed up, they made it easier*
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> for radical clerics to inspire young Moslem men to take up the sword (or****
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> rifle or bomb) in defense of Islam. This changed the nature of Islamic****
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> radicalism. Before radio, cassettes and, currently, the Internet, secular***
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> rulers could quickly stamp out any new cases of Islamic radicalism. But with
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> the Internet, a radical cleric can stir up trouble around the world. As long
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> as they behave where they are operating from, they are relatively safe from*
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> retaliation.****
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> At least that was the case until September 11, 2001. In a case of "be****
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> careful of what you ask for, as you might get it", *the Islamic terror*
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> *attacks against New York and the Pentagon that day gave the West an*
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> *incentive to go after Islamic radical preachers in many, but not all, their
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> *sanctuaries.* Since then, radical clerics have had to be careful what they*
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> say. If they go too far, either the local government will hit them****
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> (sometimes fatally) or the U.S. or Israel will do so. As has happened many**
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> times in the past, new technology or tactics that helped the Islamic****
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> radicals was quickly countered by secular forces*. Unfortunately, as long as
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> *Islam remains in its present form, there will continue to be Islamic*
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> *radicals.*
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