Zabaniyah
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The ideology creates that mindset. Unfortunately Salafist Islam is at the forefront of conservatism and resort to archaic and often non-sensical interpretations of Islam. Hence Salafist Islam creates terrorists. As does Deobandi Islam. As does Islam in general.
The unfortunate irony of our times my friend is that the religion we cherish so deeply and flock to defend at the drop of a hat is essentially the very religion which has left us incongruous with modernity and also the comity of nations.
Pull out all the verses where Islam preaches peace and I will pull out as many where Islam wages war.
Pretty pointless thing to do. It could divide society even more.
They were violent extremists centered around an idea, no doubt. I don't think they were trained in psychological warfare, which explains the horror they struck. Years of fighting without the right psychology can really mess up a person, as in the case of those dead terrorists. So messed up, that they genuinely enjoyed killing - children even.
Somehow, I feel that psychological warfare hadn't been implemented enough in the war on terror. I think it's an important aspect, and a key to defeating them.