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2005-02-21 Arabia

Kuwait looking at influence of Islamic extremism

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-02-21 12:19:14 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: Although most conservative Islamists say they welcome the governmentâs initiatives, they doubt that it will have a lasting effect.

"The violence wonât stop because it is a deep-rooted feeling among some Muslims," said Mohammed Tabtabai, the dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University. "All you can do is try and reduce it."

Indeed, Mulaifi says that although the authorities are staying on top of the situation for now, the nebulous nature of Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic militancy - what he calls the "ghost of ideas" - makes it very difficult to control in the longer term.

"This ghost will live in one young man, then another and another. Thatâs how people become Al-Qaeda without any formal introduction or membership," he said. "They donât wait for orders; they carry out operations based on their convictions. Thatâs what makes them so dangerous. Thereâs no real structure or organization for governments to attack."

This is just a holy warrior incubator making the case for why the government should keep its grubby hands off his person. The reality is that most holy books have passages involving killing the infidel. Muslims are getting all worked up in the here and now because specific priests are inciting their followers to kill the infidel, and organizing the logistics for them to do so. Take care of the priests - and the temperature level falls. The Israelis took out Hamas's top two guys, and saw attacks fall precipitously. No matter what the "political wing" of these holy warrior recruiting organizations say, it just ain't natural to reach out to kill complete strangers - infidel or not - it takes structured indoctrination no different from that of formal military organizations.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-21 12:51:46 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-21 12:51:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Good analysis, ZF, and it mirrors the logic of tipper's fine link from yesterday on scale-free networks: to break the network, identify and take out the hubs. The imams of Islam are the local hubs that light the fires and feed children into the flames. The Mad Mullahs, The "charity" organizations, and the House of Saud are the funding and facilitating hubs providing cash, state paperwork, and cover. The middle tier becomes less than irrelevant if you decap and kneecap.

Posted by .com 2005-02-21 2:08:19 AM|| 2005-02-21 2:08:19 AM|| Front Page Top

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