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Why Is The Muslim World in Thrall to Conspiracy Theories?
http://www.newrepublic.com ^
| September 5, 2014
| By Mehdi Hasan
Posted on 09/06/2014 10:00:34 AM PDT by chessplayer
Did you know that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, was trained by Mossad and the CIA? Were you aware that his real name isn’t Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Al Badri Al Samarrai but Simon Elliot? Or that he’s a Jewish actor who was recruited by the Israelis to play the part of the world’s most wanted terrorist?
But millions of Muslims across the globe have a soft spot for such hoaxes. Conspiracy theories are rife in both Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities here in the west. The events of 9/11 and the subsequent “war on terror” unleashed a vast array of hoaxers, hucksters, and fantasists from Birmingham to Beirut.
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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: 911truthers; antiamericanism; antisemitism; conspiracytheory; dajooz; rop; truferisms; trufers; waronterror; wot
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To: chessplayer
Why Is The Muslim World in Thrall to Conspiracy Theories?
Because following Occam's razor wouldn't validate their worldview.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:02:35 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
To: chessplayer
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:04:19 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: chessplayer
Because the truth is not their friend.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:05:49 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: chessplayer
Because they’re all stupid and ignorant.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:06:10 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: chessplayer
Cause and effect are not a part of their worldview.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:11:39 AM PDT
by
Flintlock
(Deport them ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!)
To: chessplayer
Is fact .... he was setup, by Israel and CIA, to draw them out to make the isis fighters easier to kill. He is doing his job to perfection.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:12:41 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: chessplayer
Because they’re freakin nuts.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:14:03 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: chessplayer
Because plenty of them don’t have what I got as a kid: sense beaten into me. Plus, most of the governments don’t car or encourage it, because it helps produce a more effective bigoted populace.
To: chessplayer
Estimated timber time till islam figures out 99% of their leaders were trained by Mossad and CIA to draw out those willing to fight in order that the islam fighters may be killed easier by the world ... approximately seven months.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:17:43 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Dr. Sivana
Only infidels would use Occam’s razor to shave off their holy Muslim beards.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:19:32 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: GeronL
How many of these conspiracy theories were sourced from Paulians?
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:21:04 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
To: chessplayer
Because when your whole belief system is based on
a conspiracy to keep you in thrall to it, that’s
what you get.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:21:07 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: a fool in paradise
Probably a lot.
BTW. Don’t you think it is time for national shooting club called the Christian Brotherhood?
Think about the reaction of the left to that.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:22:48 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Dr. Sivana
Nah, it’s blaming their boots for the faults of their feet.
To: chessplayer
What participated this revelation was the one true God not that allah character cantacted Mossad and the CIA. God revealed that the devil (allah) was misleading these people and then the deal was struck with Mossad and the CIA to find all of islam leaders that God would understand their actions, thus the plan was placed into operation. islam is currently 99% infiltrate. The plan has worked. God plans on sending as many of the islam fighter to Hell, as those that have come forward. allah too was pleased with the deal. allah fills up Hell and God promised a pardon to the leaders of the islam fighters for drawing out the islam fighters to go straight to the Hell of allah. Unrevealed till today.
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:30:22 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: chessplayer
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posted on
09/06/2014 10:30:38 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Rummyfan
Because they’re all stupid and ignorant.
Both the left and right in the U.S. aren’t shy about proudly wearing tin foil hats.
To: chessplayer
It is due to hatred and stupidity. We have the same problem in this country with blacks.
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posted on
09/06/2014 12:11:51 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
09/06/2014 12:41:43 PM PDT
by
tbw2
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