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Pakistani attorney and author Rafia Zakaria wrote an op-ed in Al Jazeera America about the Islamic extremists' war on fun, including sports, music, even dining in a fine restaurant. Zakaria points out that this apparent obsession predates the existence of ISIS by several decades (at least); he suspects this is a big reason why the attackers chose Paris, renowned worldwide for its brilliant culture and joie de vivre.
Terrorism’s targeting of the merry is universal and indiscriminate, a division of the world between those who wish to live and laugh and hope and those who kill and destroy. The latter are deadly and relentless, and they have already squeezed out the mirth from too many of the world’s cities, from Karachi, Kabul and Baghdad to Nairobi and Beirut.
Zakaria experienced this aspect of terror firsthand. A high school friend had just passed a big exam, and was out celebrating with his family at a restaurant in Karachi, Pakistan, when terrorists struck.
Al Jazeera America provides a separate analysis warning that military action alone cannot defeat ISIS (aka ISIL), which of course is not a "nation" in the traditional sense, but more of a guerilla outfit like Al Qaeda, that opportunistically seized a stronghold in chaotic regions of Syria and Iraq. The piece's author, political scientist Rami G. Khouri, recommends that both the West and Muslim nations of the Middle East spend more resources on addressing economic and political problems facing impoverished youths who are potentially attracted by the ISIS' recruiting pitch:
If the underlying threats to ordinary citizens’ lives in autocratic Arab-Islamic societies remain unaddressed — from jobs, water and health insurance, to free elections, a credible justice system and corruption — the flow of recruits to movements like ISIL or something even worse will persist and even accelerate.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2015, @04:15PM
They need to "get some". Seriously, polygamy is doing to dating what the 1% are doing to us: a few hog most. Most of those who are sent to attack are down and out losers who couldn't get dates.
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Monday November 16 2015, @05:46PM
Oh how it explains some of the night-vision footage of these clowns being watched having relations with the goats in the combat field, and passing them around from one to the next.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2015, @08:52PM
So here's the question everyone wants answered. The "lucky" dudes get 4 wives and the dude is the boss. Does Allah let the dude command his wives to lez up for his amusement?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2015, @10:30PM
If you get too curious, you'll end up on the watch-list
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2015, @10:33PM
You get to watch as well!!??!! No wonder jihadism is so popular.