Let’s agree on one thing. Muslim extremists or any other type of extremists are idealists. Correct?
Let’s agree on a second thing. An idea does not have a bleed, neither can it die by a gun shot to the head. Correct?
Let’s agree on a third thing. Torture “works”, meaning for every action of torture that takes place there is a reaction. Now, whether or not that reaction is “favorable” would have to be argued on a different post.
Tonight we will be focusing mainly on: How to torture Muslim extremists (or any other extremists)
I personally doubt that inflicting pain onto a human being as a means of gathering information is effective. I am against violence regardless of the cause or objectif.
The growing sentiment some people around the world have on Muslims is ill fated. However, I can understand how repugnant some of us can find their behavior, religions, or customs – mainly because of our ignorance. There is no shame in acknowledging that we are ignorant towards Islam, just like there should be no shame for a practicing Muslim to acknowledge that although he or she might have memorized every single line in the Holy Qur’an, he or she doesn’t have a full grasp of the wisdom of its words.
This can be said with any other person of faith towards a holy book. These books are mostly left for interpretation and … “so deep the con of man.”
This lack of understanding or fear of acknowledging our intellectual limitations and falling prey to miscontrusion and false prophecy is what a handfull of Muslim Extremists leaders, like Osama Bin Laden, have tapped into to recruit an army against the “West”. That, added to the West constant failure to give the Middle East its chance to truly prosper for the benefits of its sons and daughters, and not just treat it as piece of land to be exploited for capital gains – like Africa – has also fueled the “Anti-West” propaganda.
When pushed, we can only take so much before we start pushing back. It is human behavior at its simplest.
Do we really believe that these young men and women blow themselves up because they are promised a harem in heaven? I think the only reason why someone would give up his life is when he/she has come to the conclusion that his/her death will carry a greater cause than staying alive. That is what we have and are still failing to understand.
Yet, we go around the world, blinded by our ignorance and false sense of superiority, torturing people we do not understand for reasons that at the best can be called lies. Is this who we are? Collateral damage?
So how do you torture a Muslim extremist? Here are four simple ingredients.
Respect + Compassion + Genuine Intellectual Curiosity + Love
Go torture as many Muslims Extremists as you can, you might even feel good about it.
Filed under: Politics, Society , extremist, idealist, islam, muslims, osama bin laden, qur'an, torture
