I just finished a book that I’d like to recommend to my
readers. The book is The Myth of Martyrdom by Adam
Lankford. It is a thoroughly researched
book on “suicide bombers, rampage shooters and other self-destructive
killers.” Lankford is a Criminal Justice
professor at The University of Alabama.
What his research has documented would seem to be intuitive
to the average American citizen.
However, Lankford has taken the time and made the effort to bring the
evidence to the table – interesting.
Many have erroneously compared the courage or motivations of suicide bombers and mass
killers with war heroes; that suicide bombers are the equivalent of the soldier
that throws himself on a grenade to protect his comrades. Far from it. However, this is a fiction promoted by many liberal scholars, prominent
apologists, as well as radical Islamists.
In fact, it is the radical handlers who use troubled
individuals to do their unholy work. Suicide
bombers, according to Lankford’s research, demonstrate little courage in their
actions, are almost always deeply depressed, isolated and have previously
indicated suicidal tendencies.
In the
Muslim faith, suicide is considered a ‘mortal sin’ – if that is the appropriate
designation. However, potential
candidates who volunteer for bombing attacks are convinced by handlers that
strapping explosives to their bodies and detonating the blast in some public
place is a final-exit technicality, or loophole, that will allow them to escape
a hellish afterlife. The frosting on the
cake is that they will be considered a martyr – at least in some circles.
As Lankford stated:
“Today, there are more than ninety million people around the world who
believe that suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified. Within the United States, more than 200,000
people share the exact same view.”
There must be tens of thousands of potential mass killers available for the proper grooming (manipulation). A
sobering thought, don't you think?
True Nelson
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