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In the end of last summer I posted a photo of the town square (in the town called Östersund) there they had a big screen TV to watch a football match (Europa League game against a Greek team). During that event a lorry was parked on the road to the square to protect from potential terrorist attacks with a car.
Have you seen the theory that it’s not Islam that has taken up terrorism, it’s terrorism that has taken up Islam? Basicly saying that in Europe it’s today the same people who join Islamic terrorist groups that in the 70s joined far left groups like the West German RAF or the separatist IRA and ETA. And that explain why we don’t really have more terrorism now than in the 70s and 80s. There is however one disturbing different. The mentioned organisations was targeting polis, military and the government, today's Islamic terrorists are targeting civilians. Like the one who just wanted to see a football game.
It is a common idea that certain people are attracted to the extreme and it doesn’t really matter for them what kind of extremism it is. According to a history book I read it’s “long-time” known that Hitler himself said it’s easy to turn a communist into a nazi, but almost impossible to do the same with a social democrat. Or you can read the same theory here on Quillette Authoritarianism is a matter personality not politics.
I’m not saying that I’m buying the thought. Just reminding you of it.
Ps. I wanted to know what type of site Quillette was, so I checked wikipedia. Wikipedia mentions that Richard Dawkin like the site. So here I have used one of Richard Dawkins favorite sites to question if terrorism really has to do with Islam.
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