Why Is The Muslim World in Thrall to Conspiracy Theories?

http://www.newrepublic.com ^ | September 5, 2014 | By Mehdi Hasan

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Did you know that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, was trained by Mossad and the CIA? Were you aware that his real name isn’t Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Al Badri Al Samarrai but Simon Elliot? Or that he’s a Jewish actor who was recruited by the Israelis to play the part of the world’s most wanted terrorist?

But millions of Muslims across the globe have a soft spot for such hoaxes. Conspiracy theories are rife in both Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities here in the west. The events of 9/11 and the subsequent “war on terror” unleashed a vast array of hoaxers, hucksters, and fantasists from Birmingham to Beirut.

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Because Muslims are ignorant practitioners of a 7th century death cult. It was created by a deranged, sociolpathic, tyrant, thug, thief, murderer, pedophile, misogynist, and plagiarist of pagan, Christian, and Jewish religions.