Discussion on Radicalization and Islam

People say, "Oh, Islam is peaceful, Islam is..." They change

Every so often, the media will promote some lunatic

spewing

egregious nonsense in the name of Islam, and such individuals

serve two specific purposes. Number one, these people are used to make Islam and

Muslims look insane, which serves the purpose of those

whose agendas benefit when Muslims are seen as a threat or enemy.

And secondly, while the vast, vast overwhelming majority of Muslims

condemn and see through this nonsense, they still can be used to

radicalize people who don't know any better,

and this is a reoccurring strategy.

For example, back when I was a new Muslim over 15 years ago, it

was these

guys.

Yusuf Al-Qatab was pivotal in creating a wave of

homegrown American jihadists over the past three years.

The website he ran, Revolution Muslim, and

online messages inspired several would-be

radicals. Younes Abdullah Mohammed.

We will fight you and destroy you if we have to.

Morton also helped found Revolution Muslim, a website that the FBI

says encouraged Muslims to support Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda,

and other violent Jihadi groups.

Hmm, well whatever happened to the first guy?

Now he is saying it was all wrong.

Well, people were scared of you guys.

And they sh-

They truly were

... and they should be. I- it was an idiotic thing,

looking back at things now.

What about the second guy?

He's a free man with a decent paying job at a George Washington University think

tank in the nation's capital. Morton is out of jail early

because he cooperated with authorities in the US and overseas.

He worked undercover to gather intelligence on those who still trusted

the

man they saw in those videos. He helped train law enforcement to

recognize people on the path he was on, and helped analyze the

behavior of suspected terrorists with insights only someone

like him could have.

What about some of the people that were radicalized by this sort of rhetoric?

Muthana ran away, joining the Islamic State in Syria in

2014, and their representative says Muthana was

brainwashed by online propaganda.

In the interview, she says, "I know I've ruined my future and my son's

future, and I deeply, deeply regret it." Brit Shamima

Begum also wants to come home. She was just 15 when

she and two friends fled Britain to become Jihadi brides in

2014. Now with a brand new baby, she says

she didn't understand what she was getting into.

Yeah, so make sure that you don't fall for this nonsense.

There's a reason such people themselves don't even live in Muslim countries.

There's a reason the overwhelming vast majority of Muslims are also

appalled by this sort of rhetoric, and it's because it doesn't represent

Islam. And while this sort of talk sounds tough

against

non-Muslims, in the end, this type of rhetoric causes Muslims to

suffer the most.