Understanding terrorism

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Originally Posted by jaguar

... many muslims today are very tempted by the sexual freedoms and other freedoms of and living in the west. His example was a turkish student that studied over here and slept with is girlfriend but then got mummy to find him a nice turkish virgin to marry when he went home. ... The unhappy one is when the desire leads to self-loathing and guilt, and a spell in an old-school pakistani madrasa doesn't hurt here. The person ends up wanting to punish the society they percieve as having led them astray as well as destroy themselves.

This is similar to a 'progression' described by The Economist. Having gone through 'unholy' freedoms and then suddenly reversed - becoming an excessively devote muslim - the man is then ready for the next step. Seeking a destructive mission in life. Only but a few find a godfather type that would make them truly dangerous. But the story is classic of a minority - the lost soul looking for himself in religion.

Again, what makes this so difficult for law enforcement is that terrrorist groups do not do the recruiting. Future terrorists recruit themselves having discovered that religion must be imposed on the infidels. These people who could not handle life suddenly know what is better for everyone else. Religion doing even what the Catholic Church did - promote hate.