Inside The Mind Of A Jihadist

Inside The Twisted Mind Of A Jihadist: He's Addicted To Al Qaeda Websites, And Loathes Decadent Non-Believers -- Michael Burleigh, Daily Maily

MI5 believes there are 2,000 potential terrorists in the UK who pose a threat to national security and the great majority are radicalised Muslims. Here, terror expert and historian MICHAEL BURLEIGH imagines the mindset of such an extremist in Britain.

He was already exhausted when he woke at 11am, for, as a devout Muslim, he had prayed as dawn broke, eating some bread and fruit by way of breakfast, and had then fallen asleep again while reciting favourite passages from the Holy Quran.

The rest of the day stretched ahead, as there was no need to work in a society that subsidised idleness.

But his mind was always busy and time was punctuated by the ritual of prayers, though he had not yet developed the bump on his forehead that praying put on the heads of the pious from bowing to Mecca.

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My Comment: An interesting take from Michael Burleigh. As to what is mine .... when religion is exploited by fanatics .... anything becomes possible. Christianity had it's "dark ages" centuries ago .... and Islam is having it's period right now .... especially for those who fiercely believe in Jihad. I can also throw in the Hindu - Muslim conflict that has occurred (on and off) in the past century on the Indian subcontinent and the Muslim - Bhuddist battles in Burma of today.