Posted on 04/27/2016 5:19:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Religion does not necessarily play a role in radicalization of Muslims, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday night, citing political repression and denial of rights as relevant factors, along with the lure of “regular meals [and] companionship.”
In a speech at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Kerry acknowledged that “you don’t have to be poor or repressed or receive special training” to become a recruit of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL/DAESH).
“You don’t even have to be religious,” he added, citing as an example a reported case of two young British men who went to join ISIS in Syria in 2014, but took with them the books Islam for Dummies and The Koran for Dummies. …
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I think Kerry has stumbled into actually telling the truth...pointing out the appeal of Islam is more akin to a street gang than a religion.
“regular meals [and] companionship.” - Euphemisms for looting [and] rape.
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