Violence For Islam is like Alcoholism in Family

Submitted by Bro. Thomas (United States), Nov 9, 2009 at 11:59

The incident at Ft Hood and all of the responses from both secular and Muslim institutions underscore my thesis posted in an article at http://www.atfp.org that violence in the name of Islam is like alcoholism in a codependent dysfunctional family. There is a virtual one to one correspondence in the way that all the enablers are behaving.

If we start calling this kind of violence a sickness like alcoholism rather than a spiritual condition (which it and alcoholism also are), it may be easier to get secular and Muslim institutions to address it rather than excuse it.

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