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Chris Selley: The mind of the ex-jihadi

Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:55 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Canadian politics,Full Pundit,Chris Selley

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...and we have seen examples.

Chris Selley: The mind of the ex-jihadi
Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:55 PM by NP Editor

The Independent's Johann Hari on Britain's apostate Islamists:

From the right, there was the brutal nativist cry of "Go back where you came from!" But from the left, there was its mirror-image: a gooey multicultural sense that immigrants didn't want liberal democratic values and should be exempted from them. Again and again, they described how at school they were treated as "the funny foreign child", and told to "explain their customs" to the class. It patronised them into alienation.

"Nobody ever said — you're equal to us, you're one of us, and we'll hold you to the same standards," says [Ed] Husain. "Nobody had the courage to stand up for liberal democracy without qualms. When people like us at [Newham] College were holding events against women and against gay people, where were our college principals and teachers, challenging us?"

Without an identity, they created their own. It was fierce and pure and violent, and it admitted no doubt.

Canada has neither a violent racist problem nor an Islamist extremist problem to anything like the extent Britain does — but it certainly has a gooey multiculturalism problem, however benign or malignant one considers it. In any event, Hari offers the clearest glimpse I've ever come across as to what turns British schoolboys — or Australian or American or Canadian schoolboys, potentially — into jihadists. It's incredibly compelling stuff.

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cselley@nationalpost.com

Chris Selley: The mind of the ex-jihadi

Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:55 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Canadian politics,Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Independent's Johann Hari on Britain's apostate Islamists:

From the right, there was the brutal nativist cry of "Go back where you came from!" But from the left, there was its mirror-image: a gooey multicultural sense that immigrants didn't want liberal democratic values and should be exempted from them. Again and again, they described how at school they were treated as "the funny foreign child", and told to "explain their customs" to the class. It patronised them into alienation.

"Nobody ever said — you're equal to us, you're one of us, and we'll hold you to the same standards," says [Ed] Husain. "Nobody had the courage to stand up for liberal democracy without qualms. When people like us at [Newham] College were holding events against women and against gay people, where were our college principals and teachers, challenging us?"

Without an identity, they created their own. It was fierce and pure and violent, and it admitted no doubt.

Canada has neither a violent racist problem nor an Islamist extremist problem to anything like the extent Britain does — but it certainly has a gooey multiculturalism problem, however benign or malignant one considers it. In any event, Hari offers the clearest glimpse I've ever come across as to what turns British schoolboys — or Australian or American or Canadian schoolboys, potentially — into jihadists. It's incredibly compelling stuff.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

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Chris Selley: The mind of the ex-jihadi

Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:55 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Canadian politics,Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Independent's Johann Hari on Britain's apostate Islamists:

From the right, there was the brutal nativist cry of "Go back where you came from!" But from the left, there was its mirror-image: a gooey multicultural sense that immigrants didn't want liberal democratic values and should be exempted from them. Again and again, they described how at school they were treated as "the funny foreign child", and told to "explain their customs" to the class. It patronised them into alienation.

"Nobody ever said — you're equal to us, you're one of us, and we'll hold you to the same standards," says [Ed] Husain. "Nobody had the courage to stand up for liberal democracy without qualms. When people like us at [Newham] College were holding events against women and against gay people, where were our college principals and teachers, challenging us?"

Without an identity, they created their own. It was fierce and pure and violent, and it admitted no doubt.

Canada has neither a violent racist problem nor an Islamist extremist problem to anything like the extent Britain does — but it certainly has a gooey multiculturalism problem, however benign or malignant one considers it. In any event, Hari offers the clearest glimpse I've ever come across as to what turns British schoolboys — or Australian or American or Canadian schoolboys, potentially — into jihadists. It's incredibly compelling stuff.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

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Chris Selley: The mind of the ex-jihadi

Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:55 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Canadian politics,Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Independent's Johann Hari on Britain's apostate Islamists:

From the right, there was the brutal nativist cry of "Go back where you came from!" But from the left, there was its mirror-image: a gooey multicultural sense that immigrants didn't want liberal democratic values and should be exempted from them. Again and again, they described how at school they were treated as "the funny foreign child", and told to "explain their customs" to the class. It patronised them into alienation.

"Nobody ever said — you're equal to us, you're one of us, and we'll hold you to the same standards," says [Ed] Husain. "Nobody had the courage to stand up for liberal democracy without qualms. When people like us at [Newham] College were holding events against women and against gay people, where were our college principals and teachers, challenging us?"

Without an identity, they created their own. It was fierce and pure and violent, and it admitted no doubt.

Canada has neither a violent racist problem nor an Islamist extremist problem to anything like the extent Britain does — but it certainly has a gooey multiculturalism problem, however benign or malignant one considers it. In any event, Hari offers the clearest glimpse I've ever come across as to what turns British schoolboys — or Australian or American or Canadian schoolboys, potentially — into jihadists. It's incredibly compelling stuff.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

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Chris Selley: The mind of the ex-jihadi

Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:55 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Canadian politics,Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Independent's Johann Hari on Britain's apostate Islamists:

From the right, there was the brutal nativist cry of "Go back where you came from!" But from the left, there was its mirror-image: a gooey multicultural sense that immigrants didn't want liberal democratic values and should be exempted from them. Again and again, they described how at school they were treated as "the funny foreign child", and told to "explain their customs" to the class. It patronised them into alienation.

"Nobody ever said — you're equal to us, you're one of us, and we'll hold you to the same standards," says [Ed] Husain. "Nobody had the courage to stand up for liberal democracy without qualms. When people like us at [Newham] College were holding events against women and against gay people, where were our college principals and teachers, challenging us?"

Without an identity, they created their own. It was fierce and pure and violent, and it admitted no doubt.

Canada has neither a violent racist problem nor an Islamist extremist problem to anything like the extent Britain does — but it certainly has a gooey multiculturalism problem, however benign or malignant one considers it. In any event, Hari offers the clearest glimpse I've ever come across as to what turns British schoolboys — or Australian or American or Canadian schoolboys, potentially — into jihadists. It's incredibly compelling stuff.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

Read more: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/default.aspx#ixzz0X78r19y8
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