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“BRACHMANISM’S AND SUCH…”
SNIPPET: “Ok, so, just got back from DC. Gave a talk for the Office of Naval Research’s Distinguished Lecture Series. i had a great time and got a bunch of really thoughtful questions. Thanks to everyone who attended!
I’m still going to continue this little push of mine on the Jihad Recollections journal as I have gobs more to say. However, I’m trying to bang out a couple things right now so for today, i’m going to offer a few of my favorite terms and arguments that I’ve been peddling. Hopefully, you’ll find them useful and integrate them into your active vocabulary.
JIHOBBYISM: Nobody defines a “Jihobbyist” better than our friend Abu Abdullah as-Sayf. I’m talking about guys who sit around, logging on to the internet and waging jihad in their underwear. Jihadis + Hobbyist = Jihobbyist
EPISTEMOLOGICAL SCHIZOPHRENIA: What happens inside the head of a Western raised Muslim who has been socialized to accept the standard Cartesian/Lockean/Empiricism/Rationalism/Liberal/Modernist Epistemology when he or she tries to convert to Absolutist/Revelation/Scripturalist/Jihadi-Salafism. In short, these epistemological positions are irreconcialable, leading to fconfusion, unsettlement about the very basis of truth, knowledge and existence.”
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Remember how Neo defeats Agent Smith (the First Time)?
Once we understand the code of the Matrix (Jihadi world), the rest is straightforward. But we must learn to read Matrix (Jihadi) before we can transcend it and blow Agent Smith (Abu Yahya al-Libi) up from the inside-out. We need more Neos.
But, as a colleague of mine reminded me, it’s not all about this relgious-ideological mumbo-jumbo like ABu Abdullah as-Sayf’s responses suggests (Thanks for keeping me honest). For a lot of these guys, they dont even realize that they’re plugged into the Matrix. That’s why we’ve got to go direct to the Architecht and shut down the mainframe (obliterate the High-Command and eviscerate the ideological Agents and sentinels).
(April 15, 2009)