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Jihadis Twice As Likely To Be Students of Science Than Of Sharia (telegraph.co.uk)
Bruce66423 writes: Time to cancel all the encouragement of studying STEM subjects, obviously...
The Telegraph is reporting that prominent jihadists "are twice as likely to have studied science at university than subjects related to Islam," citing a new report by the Centre on Religion and Geopolitics. "The report, which analyzed the histories of 100 of the most prominent jihadist leaders of the last three decades, said that despite claiming to be the sole interpreters of Islamic theology, they often had little or no training in the subject." Osama bin Laden went to a secular school and studied economics at college with little formal Islamic training, while the "underpants bomber," who tried to detonate a bomb in a plane over Detroit in 2009, got his degree in mechanical engineering. Of the 100 cases examined, "Around half had attended university, with 57 per cent of them studying science subjects, compared to only 28 per cent studying Islamic subjects."
The Telegraph is reporting that prominent jihadists "are twice as likely to have studied science at university than subjects related to Islam," citing a new report by the Centre on Religion and Geopolitics. "The report, which analyzed the histories of 100 of the most prominent jihadist leaders of the last three decades, said that despite claiming to be the sole interpreters of Islamic theology, they often had little or no training in the subject." Osama bin Laden went to a secular school and studied economics at college with little formal Islamic training, while the "underpants bomber," who tried to detonate a bomb in a plane over Detroit in 2009, got his degree in mechanical engineering. Of the 100 cases examined, "Around half had attended university, with 57 per cent of them studying science subjects, compared to only 28 per cent studying Islamic subjects."
The STEM world is filled with sociopathic libertarians who would have people starve in the streets let alone pay another tax dollar.
Huh? You mean the people claiming that these people do not represent Islam, and are in fact being taken advantage of and mentally dominated by shadowy figures that have nothing to do with Islam as it is practiced by over a billion people worldwide.... are not wrong?
The level of education is irrelevant. No, this is just another bullshit apologist article trying to further the agenda of "Islam is the religion of puppies and rainbows and they don't really want to hurt you, they're just misunderstood".
For example, extremist Christians, the ones who blow up buildings, murder doctors and nurses who perform abortions, and who want to overthrow the U.S. government rarely have any formal religious education. In fact, it has been shown that Atheists typically know more about the Bible than most "deeply religious" Christians. The only difference is that there are about a billion Muslim terrorists and terrorist enablers in the world.
And ironically, there is very little difference between Republicans and Muslim terrorists (i.e,, all Muslims).
**Both oppose equal rights for women.
**Both oppose equal rights for minorities.
**Both oppose same sex marriage and equal rights for gays. In Muslim countries it is illegal to be gay and can lead to severe punishment, something that Republicans would enact in a heartbeat, if they could figure out some way to do it (darn that Constitution!!)
**Both oppose freedom of speech and freedom of religion. In every Muslim country, religious beliefs are forced on people as law, with serious punishment for any differing behavior. Something that Republicans would enact in a heartbeat, if they could figure out some way to do it (darn that Constitution again!!)