This is some research that I have been working on for a little while and would like to some input from other people, pro and con. There are a couple of disclaimers that I am going to set forth here, and that is the scope I am setting forth deals with terrorism in the Middle-East. Second, this is not all encompassing for the purpose of brevity. This is long enough as it is.
There are two typologies to categorize terrorists, the Anarchic-ideologue and the Nationalist-secessionist.
The Anarchic-ideologue is an individual coming from a severely dysfunctional family suffering severe abuse and maltreatment. Their extremist ideology is the displacement of their rebellion and hostility onto the state authority. They act out their hostility by rebelling against the state of their parents.
The Nationalist-secessionist is not hostile but loyal to his parents. His extremism is motivated by retaliating or avenging the wrongs done to his parents by the state.
For purpose of clarification, the state is not necessarily the terrorist’s own state, nor is the definition of family his own physical family. It is duly noted that strong tribal family bonds are preeminent in the Middle-East.
There are many factors that affect political violence and terrorism specifically.
- Does psychopathology come into play in the role of terrorist?
- What is the role of ideology in terrorist behavior?
- To what extent are an individuals life experiences relevant for understanding or preventing terrorism?
- How and why do people enter, stay in, and leave terrorist organizations?
- To what extent are an individual’s life experience relevant for understanding and preventing terrorism?
Terrorism was long regarded as an antisocial behavior. Their appearance as cold blooded killers gave observers such a conclusion. However there is no evidence linking psychopathy with terrorism. Researchers noticed that a trend emerged which asserts that terrorists possess many of the traits of pathological personalities but not the actual clinical disorder. Terrorists do not show a striking psychopathology, in fact their common characteristics is their normality.
The strength of radical Islam is the influence and control over primary education, in large part because the clergy takes care of basic education. One pattern that emerges is the low government spending by Islamic nations.
The prevalent malignant narcissism that exists in the Middle East is spreading like cultural bacteria in a Petri dish. Madrassas spend about 40 percent of their time teaching religious subjects, with the rest being devoted to grammar, rhetoric, public speaking, logic, philosophy, Arabic literature, Islamic law, theology, medicine, mathematics, polemics, etc. There is an emphasis on how evil non-Moslems are, and how good it is for Moslems to fight against the evil infidels (non-Moslems). Part of the curriculum includes “kill the Jews.” This is where al Qaeda came from. This is where many of the recruits for Islamic terrorism come from. Malignant narcissism is taught at grade one in Madrassas.
There is a high rate of attrition among terrorist groups, to ensure there is a new crop of recruits every year, the Madrassas’ are instrumental in providing a new batch of ideological young men.
Another factor, which seems to be remiss in other papers and I believe due to fear to actually address it, is sexual frustration, tension and lack of intimacy. In a world where women where burqas and rape is the woman’s fault it is my belief that it must play a role in some part. Where young Arabic men cannot find sexual release from normal outlets, their frustration turns to violence.
A state of rampant paranoia persists throughout the middle-east, going beyond that of delusional westerner’s fears of government intrusion and mind control. It seems that some Iraqis believe that American soldiers carry poison-tipped bullets and eat babies, Americans can peek through women’s clothing with X-ray sunglasses.
It is my contingency that in order for there to be a change, we must affect a change in the way that younger generations are educated.
There are two typologies to categorize terrorists, the Anarchic-ideologue and the Nationalist-secessionist.
The Anarchic-ideologue is an individual coming from a severely dysfunctional family suffering severe abuse and maltreatment. Their extremist ideology is the displacement of their rebellion and hostility onto the state authority. They act out their hostility by rebelling against the state of their parents.
The Nationalist-secessionist is not hostile but loyal to his parents. His extremism is motivated by retaliating or avenging the wrongs done to his parents by the state.
For purpose of clarification, the state is not necessarily the terrorist’s own state, nor is the definition of family his own physical family. It is duly noted that strong tribal family bonds are preeminent in the Middle-East.
There are many factors that affect political violence and terrorism specifically.
- Does psychopathology come into play in the role of terrorist?
- What is the role of ideology in terrorist behavior?
- To what extent are an individuals life experiences relevant for understanding or preventing terrorism?
- How and why do people enter, stay in, and leave terrorist organizations?
- To what extent are an individual’s life experience relevant for understanding and preventing terrorism?
Terrorism was long regarded as an antisocial behavior. Their appearance as cold blooded killers gave observers such a conclusion. However there is no evidence linking psychopathy with terrorism. Researchers noticed that a trend emerged which asserts that terrorists possess many of the traits of pathological personalities but not the actual clinical disorder. Terrorists do not show a striking psychopathology, in fact their common characteristics is their normality.
The strength of radical Islam is the influence and control over primary education, in large part because the clergy takes care of basic education. One pattern that emerges is the low government spending by Islamic nations.
The prevalent malignant narcissism that exists in the Middle East is spreading like cultural bacteria in a Petri dish. Madrassas spend about 40 percent of their time teaching religious subjects, with the rest being devoted to grammar, rhetoric, public speaking, logic, philosophy, Arabic literature, Islamic law, theology, medicine, mathematics, polemics, etc. There is an emphasis on how evil non-Moslems are, and how good it is for Moslems to fight against the evil infidels (non-Moslems). Part of the curriculum includes “kill the Jews.” This is where al Qaeda came from. This is where many of the recruits for Islamic terrorism come from. Malignant narcissism is taught at grade one in Madrassas.
There is a high rate of attrition among terrorist groups, to ensure there is a new crop of recruits every year, the Madrassas’ are instrumental in providing a new batch of ideological young men.
Another factor, which seems to be remiss in other papers and I believe due to fear to actually address it, is sexual frustration, tension and lack of intimacy. In a world where women where burqas and rape is the woman’s fault it is my belief that it must play a role in some part. Where young Arabic men cannot find sexual release from normal outlets, their frustration turns to violence.
A state of rampant paranoia persists throughout the middle-east, going beyond that of delusional westerner’s fears of government intrusion and mind control. It seems that some Iraqis believe that American soldiers carry poison-tipped bullets and eat babies, Americans can peek through women’s clothing with X-ray sunglasses.
It is my contingency that in order for there to be a change, we must affect a change in the way that younger generations are educated.
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