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Terrorists 'like football thugs'
Topic Started: Apr 16 2010, 11:07 AM (175 Views)
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Groups like al-Qaeda must be "de-glamorised" and shown as "incompetent, narcissistic and irreligious", a report by a UK think tank suggests.

The two-year international study of Islamic radicals said terrorism could be defeated by making it boring.

Demos interviewed 200 people - experts, young Muslims and 58 violent radicals.

It found violent radicals had a poor understanding of Islam, compared with non-violent radical followers, and had more in common with football hooligans.

The study found the "cool factor" was the biggest draw to al-Qaeda and that terrorism could be defeated by demystifying and deglamourising jihad.

Overseas volunteering

According to the researchers, violent radical Muslims were unlikely to have been brought up in a religious family, were less likely to have studied at university and to be employed and were more like members of a gang.

The study said the trick to fighting violent extremists was to show al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists could be incompetent and irreligious.

Satire could be used to undermine any "cool" image and governments should channel radical Muslims' rebellious tendencies into activities like overseas volunteering.


The trick for Western governments is to welcome non-violent forms of radicalism - indeed to provide opportunities for young Muslims to engage in exciting 'radical' activities

Jamie Bartlett
The report explored the roots of violent radicalism and the formation of terrorist cells in the UK, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and France.

Jamie Bartlett, co-author of the report said: "Young people are drawn to radical causes, and to rebellion against authority.

"For most radical young Muslims this takes the forms of protest, argument and learning - but for a minority, al-Qaeda might seem a 'cool' gang to join, even though the truth is that its members are ignorant and incompetent.

"This does not make it any less serious or dangerous. Terrorist activity amounts, all too often, to teenage kicks that kill.

"The trick for Western governments is to welcome non-violent forms of radicalism - indeed to provide opportunities for young Muslims to engage in exciting, 'radical' activities such as overseas volunteering - while maintaining a zero-tolerance attitude to violence and terrorism."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8624037.stm
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was involved in fv in the 80's, never once felt the urge to go in the oppositions 'end' and blow myself up
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It'd work for me if we could set up programs where whole, extended, families 'volunteered' to go to the Islamic country of their choice for an unlimited and unspecified amount of time! ;)
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Most football firms always have and I'm sure always will have a 'code', they don't attack "normals", women or kids. How dare they compare c**ts who blow innocent people up to someone who gets a buzz out of fighting
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Apr 16 2010, 10:53 PM
Most football firms always have and I'm sure always will have a 'code', they don't attack "normals", women or kids. How dare they compare c**ts who blow innocent people up to someone who gets a buzz out of fighting
Yep, agree. When I was growing up it was always like that.
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How can overseas volunteering be deemed as radical???
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Part from a few self evident facts in there, this is so much nonsense.

Probably another of these study groups pretending to do something, while glossing over the catastrophic multiculti experiment.
I could be interesting to know who's been founding this 'think tank'.
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Gegarding that group Demos,take a look at some vids on youtube from Brian Gerrish(think thats right name) he talks about this group,5th columnists and such.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uskdlIDD6QE
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Aye very good comparison that LOL.
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Ha.... the Casuals would run over the muzzies!
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Apr 17 2010, 01:50 AM
Ha.... the Casuals would run over the muzzies!
We wouldn't even need too.
But if it comes to that(Civil War) and I believe it will we will stand our ground this is our Country this is our land and we will fight for every last inch of it. ;)
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Apr 17 2010, 01:54 AM
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Apr 17 2010, 01:50 AM
Ha.... the Casuals would run over the muzzies!
We wouldn't even need too.
But if it comes to that(Civil War) and I believe it will we will stand our ground this is our Country this is our land and we will fight for every last inch of it. ;)
Mate I agree, quicker than you think though I think the it's the beginning of it so lets get ready to fight back!
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Apr 17 2010, 02:01 AM
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Apr 17 2010, 01:54 AM
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Apr 17 2010, 01:50 AM
Ha.... the Casuals would run over the muzzies!
We wouldn't even need too.
But if it comes to that(Civil War) and I believe it will we will stand our ground this is our Country this is our land and we will fight for every last inch of it. ;)
Mate I agree, quicker than you think though I think the it's the beginning of it so lets get ready to fight back!
We'll have to see what happens mate. It might get sorted out the Elections are soon hopefully something happens rather quickly after that.
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Apr 16 2010, 11:07 AM
provide opportunities for young Muslims to engage in exciting, 'radical' activities such as overseas volunteering
Some of them are already 'volunteering' for overseas activities.

The rest of these loathsome scum, if they had any balls, would volunteer to go blow themselves up in some foreign land against a people that they know and care little about.

In fact why don't they pop on over to Afghanistan and give our boys some target practice?

Bunch of nightie wearing pussies!
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The think tank produces the most f**king obvious s**t ever...
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