The fact of the matter is, very few people are able to look themselves in the mirror and be objective about their own behavior and scrutinise their own beliefs, conformation bias all the way.
Well, then they’d be wrong. Most Muslims support Islam (vehemently) but they don’t support extremists-what they refuse to admit is that the extremists are following their religion more closely than they are. It’s cognitive dissonance. They support Islam-but not all the way...https://twitter.com/m_phatical/status/976138272907739136 …
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I agree. The problem is ppl who think of Muslims as somehow different and inherently evil. They’re not. They’re just ppl, and their actions and reactions are no different from any other ppl indoctrinated w an ideology.
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I have just had the discussion about extremism with a nice Muslim lady in Pakistan, and her understanding of extremists is they they misinterpret scripture and tailor it towards a political end. That is, "regular" Muslims attempt a literal interpretation, extremists distort.
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Yes, that’s the common cop-out. And it’s not true, obviously. That woman (and millions of other Muslims) is not aware of what her religion actually teaches. But this narrative helps her to both be Muslim and sleep at night.
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This suggests that islam supports the extremists ? Just trying to understand
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Can you tell me about the thesis of your forthcoming book, it sounds interesting ?
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Most erudite description by Yasmine
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Speaking the sad truth.
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