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"Manne traces the intellectual journey from the 1960s prison writings of Sayyid Qutb all the way to ISIS’s quarterly online magazine of genocidal horror, Dabiq. His study of this worldview starts from the basis that nothing is more dangerous in human affairs than an idea capable of convincing followers ‘of the nobility of mass murder.’
Manne equates ISIS with the murderous regimes of the 20th Century, with one profound difference: unlike Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot, ISIS doesn’t exterminate in secret. The executions are proclaimed, the beheadings are broadcast, the propaganda department boasts of the mass killings. ‘The fate of the Islamic State’s victims is meant to instil paralysing fear into the hearts of its enemies…The killing fields are on proud display.’"
Manne equates ISIS with the murderous regimes of the 20th Century, with one profound difference: unlike Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot, ISIS doesn’t exterminate in secret. The executions are proclaimed, the beheadings are broadcast, the propaganda department boasts of the mass killings. ‘The fate of the Islamic State’s victims is meant to instil paralysing fear into the hearts of its enemies…The killing fields are on proud display.’"
The mind of the Islamic State | The Strategist
Posted from aspistrategist.org.au
Terrorism
War on Terror
ISIS
Posted 8 y ago
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Sir,
After reading the article, it appears IS IS behaviour parallels Muhammad's behavior.
Didn't Muhammad state to strike fear into the hearts of the unbelievers?
I noticed, the Iraqi army was stated as such with no mention it is overwhelmingly Shitte. AM I wrong Sir?
M. Morris RVT
After reading the article, it appears IS IS behaviour parallels Muhammad's behavior.
Didn't Muhammad state to strike fear into the hearts of the unbelievers?
I noticed, the Iraqi army was stated as such with no mention it is overwhelmingly Shitte. AM I wrong Sir?
M. Morris RVT
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LTC Eric Udouj
Not so much a parallel as it is an item that can be used in context by IS.. or more so out of context. Good point on the Iraq Army is mainly Shia.... as was visible with the Shia militia flags flying on some convoys during the initial movement on Mosul.
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I see it more as a mental health issue, and that no one bother to put ISIS leadership in check from the beginning, crazy do as crazy do, until treatment by therapy, medication or bullet; religion simply is a tool.
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