Hassan Butt, a former radical muslim and member of the British Jihadi Network, says that the world is wrong for thinking that Islamic extremists want to kill innocent people for the reasons of Western foreign policy.  Although many don’t want to say it out loud, the reason is quite clear: religion.

It’s not about bombs in the Middle East, it’s not about our free living lifestyles, or about Guantanimo Bay.  It’s because their religion tells them too.  In the Muslim world, there is no separation of church and state, they are one and the same.  Which leads the extremists to come to the conclusion that you are either a believer or an infidel.  This is the justification they use to attack innocent people all over the world.  They are eliminating infidels, not getting revenge for what they see as unfavorable foreign policy.

This comes as no surprise I’m sure to most atheists or anyone who has studied the violent history of organized religion.  All religions have a history of violence.  While Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all have violent pasts, what the extremist Islamists are engaging in now is above and beyond what any church has pulled before.  The technology and communication are so improved that recruiting, planning and executing are all so much easier to pull off, all with much lower risk.  The willingness of suicide bombers to give their life for their cause has given the powers that be in these groups never seen before “weapons” to achieve their goals.

One of the biggest problems with Islam today is their lack of a vocal leader that officially represents the religion.  Catholics have the Pope, and disagree with him as much as I do, he has power over his congregation.  There is much less likelyhood of a fanatical, violent, Catholic terrorist group forming because their extreme views can be countered by a higher authority in their religion.  Muslims leave too much open for interpretation, so much that you will always have someone who interprets the Koran in an extremist way.  You won’t often find me defending a religion, but Islam should take lessons from the other major religions in heirarchy and spreading their message.  Too many Muslim children are being raised extremist, with no one to point them in the direction that the religion intends to stand for.

Having a former “terrorist” explain that religion is the root of Islamic terrorism should be a lesson to all religions.  Not once has a religion learned from it’s past or from the actions of it’s counterparts.  Yes, atheists have fought wars and been bad people also, but they don’t initiate wars to defend their atheism.  I consider being an anti-semite, or persecuting anyone based on religion no better than one of the churches doing the same thing.  An atheist who wants to violently rid the world of religion is no better than someone who wants to make the world all one religion.

Hopefully it is eye opening to some people to see that terrorism today is not all about the evil United States.  It all comes down to the brainwashed terrorist.  It doesn’t matter what we do in this country, and until the people in this country accept that, a solution is not going to show up.  You can’t please these people politically, it will just create more problems.  The only way to end terrorism from extreme Islamists is to continue to strike at the root of the movement.  While I don’t support religions starting wars, I fully support countries finishing them.  This is a war that will not go away until one side wins.  The sides are radical Islam and everyone else.  Including Jews, Christians, and non-radical Muslims.  Everyone is a target because we apparently are all infidels.  Finishing the war is the only way for the extremists to stop fighting.

I didn’t mean for this to be a post on the war or historical religious violence, but they are all tied together.  I do welcome your comments and discussion.

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