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Jihad is the new punk
by possibly noteworthy at 9:48 am EDT, Jul 6, 2007 |
... they have all experienced tensions in their personal lives, or were faced with deep and sustained crises of identity ... ... [they] frequently experience a tension between traditional [culture] ... and ... [contemporary] society. Extremism gives them an identity that allows them to rebel against both.
The op-ed author is right when he says, "None of this will be of much help ..." |
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RE: Jihad is the new punk
by Dagmar at 12:05 pm EDT, Jul 7, 2007 |
possibly noteworthy wrote: ... they have all experienced tensions in their personal lives, or were faced with deep and sustained crises of identity ... ... [they] frequently experience a tension between traditional [culture] ... and ... [contemporary] society. Extremism gives them an identity that allows them to rebel against both.
The op-ed author is right when he says, "None of this will be of much help ..."
Dim. Just because something is counter-culture does not mean it's got anything in common with other counter-cultures. I also don't recall any punk movement having a political wackjob leader calling for the wholesale slaughter of say, country music fans. |
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A crisis of identity and the appeal of jihad - International Herald Tribune
by ubernoir at 8:13 am EDT, Jul 6, 2007 |
Following the recent wave of arrests in England and even Australia, everyone seemed surprised that most of the terrorist suspects were highly educated, some apparently from middle-class or privileged backgrounds. At least two of them had completed their medical training, with one about to become a neurosurgeon.
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With Islamist militants, however, the sociological dynamics seem to be different. No researcher has yet been able to construct a single profile based on simple socioeconomic indicators that would accurately describe the "typical" jihadist. A senior British intelligence officer summed it up as follows: "The pattern is that there is no pattern."
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What they share, however, is that they have all experienced tensions in their personal lives, or were faced with deep and sustained crises of identity that they resolved by embracing jihadism.
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