tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post3201364840929065332..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Radical Islamic Terrorism in Context, pt IT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-80532050901525273022013-11-25T19:06:05.038-08:002013-11-25T19:06:05.038-08:00@mahalo everyone-
"you seem to not be too kn...@mahalo everyone-<br /><br /><i>"you seem to not be too knowledgeable about history."</i><br /><br />Perhaps. But then again, <a href="http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2013/06/finally-some-sanity-on-events-in-turkey.html" rel="nofollow">maybe I have heard of Ataturk after all...</a><br /><br />The Kemalist reforms actually accord pretty well with what I have laid out here. You focus T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-31140864420432801662013-11-25T13:05:47.164-08:002013-11-25T13:05:47.164-08:00@ T. Greer
On your thoughts:
1. "Why does S...@ T. Greer<br /><br />On your thoughts:<br /><br />1. "Why does Saudi Arabia produce so many more Islamic terrorists than Turkey? Turkey's regime is far less brutal than the House of Saud. But Turkey does not export terrorism." <br /><br /><br /> Turkey is another bad example, you seem to not be too knowledgeable about history. Kemal Ataturk made a systemic effort to secularize (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-13552413058065240172013-11-22T02:33:45.170-08:002013-11-22T02:33:45.170-08:00@mahalo-
A few thoughts.
1. There are still man...@mahalo-<br /><br />A few thoughts.<br /><br /><br />1. There are still many, many exceptions to your theory. To choose one example: Why does Saudi Arabia produce so many more Islamic terrorists than Turkey? Turkey's regime is far less brutal than the House of Saud. But Turkey does not export terrorism. <br /><br />2. The other problem with theory is that it does not really engage the centralT. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-87893986097258364422013-11-21T08:41:09.925-08:002013-11-21T08:41:09.925-08:00@ T. Greer
My comments might have been a little s...@ T. Greer<br /><br />My comments might have been a little simplistic, it deserved a more complex answer on this. There are multiple factors that need to be seen when I say when they sense weakness, it has to be from some position of power or feeling of having the means to act with impunity, and if they are particularly committed to standard form of islam (as opposed to that changed in while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-209461621229648072013-11-20T13:21:17.083-08:002013-11-20T13:21:17.083-08:00@MahaloEveryone-
"When moslems see or sense ...@MahaloEveryone-<br /><br /><i>"When moslems see or sense weakness, that's when you get terroism!"</i><br /><br />Can you provide any specific examples of this? There are many places that seem to run counter to the trend. Think about a place like Iraq. A well placed terrorist bomb near a Shiite mosque is sure to bring about a similar bombing in a Sunni region. 'Equal barbarity&#T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-20574258402409001832013-11-20T10:52:11.569-08:002013-11-20T10:52:11.569-08:00I have to disagree with your logic on why certain ...I have to disagree with your logic on why certain muslims do not produce terroists. What I've noticed is when they are faced with a population that will most unhesitantly react in a violent manner equal or exceeding their own barbarity, that's when you see so called "peaceful" muslims. The other factor we have to take into account is that the Chams area southeast asian Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-77243716728685147152013-10-23T14:37:05.077-07:002013-10-23T14:37:05.077-07:00This map probably answers tha question.
While fou...This <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Map_of_expansion_of_Caliphate.svg" rel="nofollow">map</a> probably answers tha question.<br /><br />While found in other parts of the world, endogamy is a distinctive trait of the early Arab tribes. Where these tribes went endogamy went with them. T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-54499220992124400092013-10-22T21:13:41.627-07:002013-10-22T21:13:41.627-07:00Sorry, I have not absorbed this series in detail s...Sorry, I have not absorbed this series in detail so I can't venture an opinion on the basic argument. (It's too late in the evening.)<br /><br />But I am curious: why, w/r/t endogamy, is Pakistan more like the Arab countries? Why the large diff. btw Pakistan and Bangladesh in this respect (assuming those linked percentages, from roughly 20 yrs ago, still hold today)? LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-69767995021270062132013-10-09T14:57:13.979-07:002013-10-09T14:57:13.979-07:00Pakistan, Afghanistan, Balochistan, and the Mahgre...Pakistan, Afghanistan, Balochistan, and the Mahgreb (and to a lesser extant, much of the Turk homelands) were organized along tribal lines when the Caliphate began its expansion, and they have more or less remained organized along those lines to the present day. I will talk about this a bit more in the next piece, but part of the brilliance of the Islamic order was its ability to adapt to (I T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-77304052155747171802013-10-09T08:51:08.736-07:002013-10-09T08:51:08.736-07:00Excellent post; I look forward to the sequel. I&#...Excellent post; I look forward to the sequel. I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about Pakistan, which has an honor-bound extended-family culture much like what you describe, and also has proven a fertile ground for extremist violence; but is not (as far as I understand) classifiable as Arab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com