I approve of everything you're saying, except "radical imams" is not really the problem. The typical profile of a Salafist terrorist (read the work of terrorist anthropologist Scott Atran) is a non-observant young man with a criminal record (or a family member in a terrorist group) who suddenly finds religion. A bunch of previous terrorists were recently kicked out of mosques, because they would start arguing with the imams or just generally say extremist things that made them unwelcome to the regular congregants. The desire to do terrorism comes form humiliation in personal life that's reinterpreted as part of the global pattern of Muslim humiliation, driven by watching jihadi videos or just hearing reports of anti-Muslim war crimes.
So there are jihadi preachers that spread the ideology, but they're not going to be in some public Paris mosque. They'll be uploading content from wherever, and it'll be memes and dumb shit shared by young people, not like, "le book says kill infidel."
what inspires the most lethal terrorists in the world today is not so much the Koran or religious teachings as a thrilling cause and call to action that promises glory and esteem in the eyes of friends, and through friends, eternal respect and remembrance in the wider world that they will never live to enjoy.... Jihad is an egalitarian, equal-opportunity employer: ...fraternal, fast-breaking, thrilling, glorious, and cool.
— Scott Atran
Also in person. But not through formal religious structures. People who're routinely religious are boring traditional people, not fiery revolutionaries.
I approve of everything you're saying, except "radical imams" is not really the problem. The typical profile of a Salafist terrorist (read the work of terrorist anthropologist Scott Atran) is a non-observant young man with a criminal record (or a family member in a terrorist group) who suddenly finds religion. A bunch of previous terrorists were recently kicked out of mosques, because they would start arguing with the imams or just generally say extremist things that made them unwelcome to the regular congregants. The desire to do terrorism comes form humiliation in personal life that's reinterpreted as part of the global pattern of Muslim humiliation, driven by watching jihadi videos or just hearing reports of anti-Muslim war crimes.
So there are jihadi preachers that spread the ideology, but they're not going to be in some public Paris mosque. They'll be uploading content from wherever, and it'll be memes and dumb shit shared by young people, not like, "le book says kill infidel."
Gotcha so it’s mostly online incel/chan style radicalisation, but with an Islamic veneer instead of a Christian one?
Also in person. But not through formal religious structures. People who're routinely religious are boring traditional people, not fiery revolutionaries.