"Don't most groups recruit in prison? NOI, skinheads, latin/mexican gangs, black gangs, etc? I would assume that once you get into prison you would need an alignment to keep you safe and gangs are the only option (the other option would to everybody's Sally and that doesn't sound fun. I don't see how the corollary is different with the NOI than any other racist organization."
You seem to be a bit slow in thinking on this issue. The difference is that the other groups are not dedicated to terrorism.
Main Entry: ter·ror·ism Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m Function: noun 1 : the unlawful use or threat of violence esp. against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion 2 : violent and intimidating gang activity —ter·ror·ist /-ist/ adj or noun —ter·ror·is·tic /"ter-&r-'is-tik/ adjective
It is semantical to narowly define terrorism to just Islamic radicals. I do not want to argue this with you, and I think that we probably agree with the broader scope of what it is and how it plays out everywhere in its various forms. My analogy was that the confinement of the prison systems creates an environment where immersion into different ideological tenets create havoc in various forms, of all different mindsets. No?