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In reply to the discussion: Anjem Choudary: "Why did France allow the tabloid to provoke Muslims?" [View all]RationalMan
(96 posts)They adhere to a tradition in some Islamic communities that the "infidel" (anyone who is not a practicing Muslim) is evil and must die. Or they use that as a pretext to go out and kill. Weapons are simply their tool of choice to inflict the greatest amount of harm on the most possible number of persons.
Make no mistake, I see many of these so-called Muslim extremists as having nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with self-importance. I seriously doubt that Osama bin Laden's driving force had anything to do with Islam. He hijacked Islam as a way to gain fame. He used the American forces in Saudi during Gulf War I as pretext to set his sights on the U.S. But I think that was all a ploy. I think he just fancied himself being bigger than himself and you notice he never went on any suicide missions. He sent other vulnerable, weak people to do his bidding. He hid for over a decade, scared of his own shadow.
I have some friends in a European country who partied with OBL. He drank alcohol, danced at the discos and was promiscuous. I guess he could have gotten him some religion but I doubt it.