Establishment counterterror analyst Max Abrahms once agreed to debate me on the question of whether or not the Islamic State is Islamic, but then lost his nerve and backed out, leaving behind a smokescreen of ad hominem attacks to mask his cowardice. And here we see how he would have fared if that debate had happened: in a review of Abrahms’ new book, Diana Darke inadvertently reveals that Abrahms is abjectly ignorant of Islam, and of the jihad terrorists about whom he professes to have expert knowledge.
Darke writes: “Up to 80 per cent of jihadists, Abrahms tells us, have been assessed by scholars as being ‘largely ignorant about Islam’. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi himself only turned to Islamic theology when he failed to get the grades to study law. An analysis on al-Qaeda operatives in the West found that ‘they went to bars and frequented prostitutes more often than they went to the mosque.'”
All three of these points are absolutely worthless to establish the point that the jihadis are ignorant of Islam. Taking the last one first, both Abrahms and Darke are clearly ignorant of the fact that jihadis often go to bars and frequent prostitutes — the 9/11 hijackers went to a strip club — because they know that their act of jihad will outweigh any sins they commit. “We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment,” says the Qur’an (21:47): if one’s good deeds outweigh one’s evil deeds, one will go to Paradise, but if one’s evil deeds outweigh one’s good deeds, one will go to hell. And what good deed weighs the most? A hadith has a Muslim asking Muhammad: “Instruct me as to such a deed as equals Jihad (in reward).” Muhammad replied, “I do not find such a deed.” (Bukhari 4.52.44)
So if a believer goes on jihad, his good deeds will outweigh all his evil deeds. Thus if a jihadist knows he is about to wage a great jihad, he knows its value will outweigh anything evil he has done, and he can relax a bit, have a few drinks, etc.
Darke also writes, apparently relating something Abrahms has in his book: “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi himself only turned to Islamic theology when he failed to get the grades to study law.” So what? If that is true, does it mean that al-Baghdadi didn’t learn Islamic theology, or got it wrong? Al-Baghdadi got his PhD in Islamic studies. Is Abrahms suggesting that he is actually ignorant of Islam because he couldn’t get into law school? And people take Abrahms seriously!
And “Up to 80 per cent of jihadists, Abrahms tells us, have been assessed by scholars as being ‘largely ignorant about Islam.'” The subtext here is that the jihadis are misunderstanding and misrepresenting their peaceful religion. If that were so, however, one would expect jihad groups to de-emphasize Qur’an instruction, not wanting their recruits to peruse the book too closely and discover that they were actually violating its tenets. Yet the Islamic State (ISIS), in its heyday, quoted the Qur’an frequently and offered numerous inducements to get people to read it. ISIS quoted the Qur’an extensively in threats to blow up the White House and conquer Rome and Spain; in explaining its priorities in the nations it is targeting in jihad; in preaching to Christians after collecting the jizya (a Qur’an-based tax, cf. Qur’an 9:29); in justifying the execution of accused spies; and in its various videos.
ISIS also awarded $10,000 prizes and sex slaves in Qur’an memorization contests. One of its underground lairs was found littered with weapons and copies of the Qur’an. Children in the Islamic State studied the Qur’an and get weapons training. One Malaysian Muslim said that the Qur’an led him to join the Islamic State. A Muslim woman in the U.S. promoted the Islamic State by quoting the Qur’an. An Islamic State propagandist’s parents said of him: “Our son is a devout Muslim. He had learnt the Quran by heart.” A Muslim politician from Jordan said that the Islamic State’s “doctrine stems from the Qur’an and Sunnah.”
Max Abrahms either doesn’t know any of that, which would be a criminal omission for “one of the world’s leading experts on terrorism,” or doesn’t want you to know it, which would be even worse. The fact that a book as worthless as Abrahms’ book obviously is can get reviewed favorably in the Times Literary Supplement shows why Max Abrahms is considered an “expert”: he tells the political and media elites what they want to hear. And that’s why we are losing the war against the forces of the global jihad: because politically correct mediocrities such as Abrahms are considered “experts,” primarily, if not solely, because they reinforce the elites’ determination to ignore and deny the jihadis’ motivating ideology.
“How to be militant,” by Diana Darke, Times Literary Supplement, September 18, 2018:
“This book offers welcome news for the rebel”, declares Max Abrahms, one of the world’s leading experts on terrorism. It may seem odd, in a world filled with the fear of terrorists, especially the Islamist variety, for a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Northeastern University in Boston to be offering tips for militant success. But there is welcome news in this exposé for everyone….
Up to 80 per cent of jihadists, Abrahms tells us, have been assessed by scholars as being “largely ignorant about Islam”. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi himself only turned to Islamic theology when he failed to get the grades to study law. An analysis on al-Qaeda operatives in the West found that “they went to bars and frequented prostitutes more often than they went to the mosque”. A report on foreign fighters in Syria found that they tended to be “thrill-seekers” looking for adventure in an arena where they felt they had impunity….
RichardL says
Well, his most cited article is titled Why terrorism doesn’t work. A liberal fuckwit at a liberal university.
Andy says
Rats, Rubbish & Third World Immigrants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjvX0A252Ro
Ann Marie says
What a fool….Open up the Quran, the Hadith and the Sira and really read them..
He’s considered an expert?? Yeah, right
mortimer says
Not just a fool! Abrams is COUNTER-FACTUAL … he is inventing facts. Here is what the PhD supervisor of Caliph al Baghdadi said:
Caliph Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, who is the ISIS chief and the caliph of the Islamic State, is apparently the first Islamic Studies PhD from a Muslim background who has no idea about Islam.
Al-Baghdadi, who has obtained BA, MA and PhD degrees in Islamic studies from the Islamic University in Baghdad, has been condemned as a person who knows nothing about Islam, and as the head of an organization that has nothing to do with Islam.
The professors from the Islamic University of Baghdad, however, do not agree. They taught the caliph and believe his credentials and doctrines are sound.
“If a person who has a PhD in Islamic studies and does nothing but study the Islamic scriptures knows nothing about Islam, then who does?” questioned al-Baghdadi’s main teacher from the Islamic University, preferring to remain anonymous since the fatwa against ISIS and its chief puts his reputation into jeopardy.
“The wine-sipping Muslims, those hedonistic adulterers will tell the world what true Islam is? Obama and Cameron know more about Islam than the faculty of Islamic studies at the Islamic University in Baghdad?” the professor bellowed with rage, while talking to a journalist.
Another professor, who had taught al-Baghdadi for his BA, said off the record that the ISIS caliph was an ardent student.
“He had this obsession with Islamic studies. I used to tell him to go out and have some fun sometimes. But his idea of fun wasn’t too human friendly,” the professor said. “In any case he was a top student. One of the best I’ve ever had. Had the entire syllabus on his finger tips – to be honest, he knew more about Islamic studies than most of the professors.”
“While you can question whether they are humans or not, there is no doubt that ISIS, including Abu Bakr (al Baghdadi), are indeed bona fide Muslims,” concluded the ISIS caliph’s PhD professor.
J D S says
Outweighing Ones good deeds vs ones bad deeds ..the path to heaven or hell???
That is pure bunk. One can not just do good deeds to get to heaven..(No one can work their way into heaven) Oh, good works are important but works are something one wants to do..not be forced to do… The path to heaven is through Jesus the Christ not through muhammad (if he ever actually existed) And his sayings etc. So sure jihadist (TERRORIST ) know Islam and are steeped in its teachings and they believe that killing innocents and themselves is a path to paradise…How stupid is that?..Show anywhere, in the teachings of Jesus , where He says to kill anyone. Jihadist =Terrorist and that’s a fact!
Peter Buckley says
Could somebody e-mail Max Abrams and inform him (in a nice way) that the largest school of Sunni Islam in the world, Al Azhar University in Cairo, disagrees with him, and reckons that nothing ISIS have been doing, can be called “unIslamic”, and have refused to denounce the terrorist group:
https://www.meforum.org/blogs/december-2015/al-azhar-can-t-denounce-isis-as-un-islamic-even-if
When I pointed this out to a muslim colleague, he didn’t believe it, and demanded that I post him the article “in Arabic”. So I did. I sent him this:
https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/852355
and this:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1055261097823826&id=791586997524572&refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fdr.nabilfayad2%2Fvideos%2F1055261097823826%2F&_rdr
and this:
https://www.vetogate.com/1374000
and a few other selections from various clerics, totally contradicting what my colleague had to that point believed. The result? He has now left Islam, and taken a couple of other muslim friends with him. You see how easy it is?
gravenimage says
Excellent to hear, Peter.
mortimer says
Yes, good news that hard FACTS DEPROGRAM MUSLIMS RIGHT OUT OF ISLAM.
Simon says
Fair play to you Mr Buckley…..hit them with facts ….hit them with ridicule…..hit them…….
Larry A. Singleton says
Letter to Robert Spencer-Jihad Watch 9-24-18
I just got through watching:
Psychopaths (Crime Psychology Documentary) – Real Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60vK6Uw9sSE
Through the whole thing I was tripping all over the parallels between “psychopaths” and “Muslims”.
I get irritated when people say this but really; You Have To Watch This.
Here are the notes I took:
“intervene as early as possible if there is any suspicion….”
“In Britain medical ethics forbid the diagnosis of personality disorders in juveniles>treating psychopathy at an early age, HOWEVER ADVISABLE, is difficult”.
I’m thinking Britain in “the age of Islam” and the PC culture that is basically multicultural suicide when it comes to a total and complete hands off policy when it comes to Muslims.
When they commit terrorist attacks, screaming “Allahu Akbar” and citing verses from the “holy Qur’an”, liberals in both the police and media dismiss them as “mentally ill”. What an irony.
I just read an article and Theresa May’s speech to a bunch of Jews where she brags about banning Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer from Britain for their “Islamophobia” in the same breath that she brags about banning a couple of murderous Muslims. Basically equating Geller and Spencer with Islamic terrorists.
Geller is a Jew.
The reason that Jew hatred, antisemitism is skyrocketing in Britain is because of Muslims. Period. And May totally ignores this fact.
Read Soeren Kern’s articles about the “Islamization of” Europe. How Europe is on the brink of collapse due to the billions spent on welfare and the resources in police and security at every level of society due to…….Muslims.
“No-Go Zones” are no myth. And even the liberal fascists have been forced to admit their existence. These fascists have another name for No-Go Zones; “vulnerable areas”.
This is the limit of their admittance that there is a problem with rampant crime and the fact that whole populations refuse to assimilate. Using a name that whitewashes the problem.
“we’ve almost entirely excluded a biological basis from our understading of crime violence and psychopathy”
The same way that Liberals dismiss the “Islamic” basis for “ISLAMIC” terrorism.
“Terrorism has nothing to do with Islam” the liberal fascists always like to claim.
This is so bad that a whole society has self-censored itself into forgetting one of the worst atrocities in US history: The 9/11 ISLAMIC terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and almost Washington DC.
“a moral issue that society will have to confront”
Read Jihad Watch, the Gatestone Institute, Middle East Quarterly and especially FrontPage Magazine.
“A lot of people say that this psychopaths is nothing more than a myth”
“that it’s a moral judgment masquerading as science”
“if we define people by this cluster of characteristics do they have brain images that are different from those of other individuals. And the answer is definitely yes”
Brain Scans (MRI’s):
“psychopath” “non-psychopath”
“Muslim” “non-Muslim”
“psychopaths don’t show the same reactions as normal people”.
What’s interesting, and I’m kicking myself because I can’t find the article, but studies have been done about how mentally ill people with criminal tendencies, (the criminally insane), are attracted to Islam.
“Current therapy programs are not proving very successful”
See these programs in Britain to “normalize” Islamic terrorists like those ISIS “fighters” returning to Britain from Syria.
“the extraordinary fact is there is higher incidence of reoffending among those who have received treatment than those who have not”
“not only does the treatment not work; it seems to exacerbate the condition”
“By the time you get to adulthood the cause is pretty much lost actually”
“Standard programs are ineffective because they’re targeting the wrong thing…they try to develop a flabby conscience into one that is fairly strong. Well this is a waste of time… …with the psychopath”
Note the symptoms that they show on the screen throughout the video: “manipulative, lying, parasitic, charming, superficial, conning, callous, remorseless, grandiose, lack of empathy,
“microchip brain implants” I actually chuckled over this one.
“and it raises a moral and ethical question in society. Do we intervene with psychopathic offenders who we currently can’t treat? And change them completely, reshape them entirely, change their brains, make them a completely new person”
“Is it right to go into the holy of holies, a person’s brain, their essence and change the neural wiring and structure of their brain?”
Two ways to look at it:
“No. It’s God given…..”
“Yes; psychopaths are creating a major problem and we have to do something about it no matter how radical it may be”
“We have to do something about reducing the rate of crime, violence and murder in society. Psychopaths are exponentially responsible for the horrific things that happen to innocent people in society”
“Systematically treatment approaches have simply failed to alter psychopathic behavior… ….We can’t wait much longer”
It is certainly true that until a concerted effort is made to eradicate psychopathy, one of the most dangerous forces of our times will continue to plague society…. …..the solution must lie in effective treatment…it’s a decision we can’t put off. The cost of evasion is far too high”
vlparker says
“Up to 80 per cent of jihadists, Abrahms tells us, have been assessed by scholars as being ‘largely ignorant about Islam.’
Well, that doesn’t tell us much about jihadists, but it certainly tells us a lot about scholars.
Indiana Tom says
Scholars are ignorant of Islam, not the Jihadis.
FYI says
“A PhD in islamic studies”?
Gee,that was a waste of effort, time and money:especially given the fact that islam’s god is “the best of deceivers”k3:54.
That must be like putting all your money into a Ponzi scheme…
mortimer says
DOES ABRAMS KNOW MORE ABOUT ISLAM THAN al-BAGHDADI?
Caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, who is the ISIS chief and the caliph of the Islamic State, is apparently the first Islamic Studies PhD from a Muslim background who has no idea about Islam.
Al-Baghdadi, who has obtained BA, MA and PhD degrees in Islamic studies from the Islamic University in Baghdad, has been condemned as a person who knows nothing about Islam, and as the head of an organization that has nothing to do with Islam.
The professors from the Islamic University of Baghdad, however, do not agree. They taught the caliph and believe his credentials and doctrines are sound.
“If a person who has a PhD in Islamic studies and does nothing but study the Islamic scriptures knows nothing about Islam, then who does?” questioned al-Baghdadi’s main teacher from the Islamic University, preferring to remain anonymous since the fatwa against ISIS and its chief puts his reputation into jeopardy.
“The wine-sipping Muslims, those hedonistic adulterers will tell the world what true Islam is? Obama and Cameron know more about Islam than the faculty of Islamic studies at the Islamic University in Baghdad?” the professor bellowed with rage, while talking to a journalist.
Another professor, who had taught al-Baghdadi for his BA, said off the record that the ISIS caliph was an ardent student.
“He had this obsession with Islamic studies. I used to tell him to go out and have some fun sometimes. But his idea of fun wasn’t too human friendly,” the professor said. “In any case he was a top student. One of the best I’ve ever had. Had the entire syllabus on his finger tips – to be honest, he knew more about Islamic studies than most of the professors.”
“While you can question whether they are humans or not, there is no doubt that ISIS, including Abu Bakr (al Baghdadi), are indeed bona fide Muslims,” concluded the ISIS caliph’s PhD professor.
gravenimage says
I wonder if most of these scholars are clueless Westerners, or Taqiyya-spewing Muslims? My guess is mostly the latter.
Peggy says
That’s my take on it as well. There is no way people in those positions can be clueless.
They know more than you and I. They have all the intelligence at their disposal.
Thinkingaboutmatters (@unknownltd) says
Contra Max Abrahms, jihadists are fully awake to a core of their ideology or supposed religion, which is to wage violent jihad against all kuffar who do not submit. They say that, they keep it simple.
Ah Clem says
It’s worth watching the interview of Abrahms by Gad Saad, a youtuber and university professor who escaped the ’70s jihad in Lebanon and moved to Canada. In it, Abrahms explains that in his terrorism studies classes, they used what’s usually called “rational actor theory” to explain the actions of terrorists (although Abrahms doesn’t use that exact term). Anyone who understands jihad knows that the jihadis’ actions are about as far from rational actor theory as it gets. So this suggests that these terrorism studies programs confer degrees (in Abrahms’ case, a Ph.D) which quite literally aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.
https://youtu.be/4x1Y-1kILNc
b.a. freeman says
sigh …
if they are to be believed, the ignorance of these people is profound. i, for one, no longer accept that anybody can be this stupid. furthermore, anybody who believes that they are really stupid … is also stupid.
these people are traitors, pure and simple. mr. spencer, U cut them too much slack by not specifically calling them that; sometimes, it’s necessary to speak the plain truth. if this guy was honestly ignorant – which is neither stupid nor evil – he would have investigated islam in at least a *little* depth. for crying out loud, he was writing a *book*!!! what kind of moron presents himself as a scholar on a subject, then presents no research? if he had done any research at all, he would have at least attempted to gloss over the violence advocated by the quran and the sunnah; by the very absence of same, mr. abrahms signals his complete disregard and *disdain* for his readers’ intellects. he is writing for those who have been successfully indoctrinated, not for educated people who know how to think critically.
civilization is dying fast; i am utterly amazed at how fast the corruption is spreading. i’m an old fart, but i’m willing to bet that most of the people on the planet will be embroiled in civil wars, if not fleeing islamic mushroom clouds, within a decade (perhaps 2, but no longer than that), and i, along with everybody else, will get an unwanted front-row view of the collapse.
Kepha says
Whom will you believe? a credential “scholar”, or your own lying eyes?
Best wishes from Uncle Kepha, your fellow “old fart”.
herb planter says
Like Robert has said many times Islam makes muslims not muslims make Islam. So even if the lyin moron Max was right it still doesn’t change a thing. Islam: What the West needs to know!
Hugh Fitzgerald says
“Up to 80 per cent of jihadists, Abrahms tells us, have been assessed by scholars as being ‘largely ignorant about Islam.’”
Bin Laden? Al-Zawahiri? Al-Baghdadi? Al-Awlaki? Who are these Islam-ignorant Jihadis/
What “scholars” have “assessed” these Jihadis? Names, please. And what does “up to 80 percent” mean? 80 percent from one outlier, with the rest having settled at 50 percent, or 20 percent, or 10 percent? And how would these “scholars’ know that these Jihadis are “largely ignorant about Islam” unless one, they are we’ll-versed themselves and two had combed their remarks, spoken and written, about what is in the Qur’an and hadith? Who went through all of their statements, all of their justifications for what they were going to do, or did? Haven’t the Jihadis always made it a point to quote relevant verses from the Qur’an? Might it be that these “scholars’ are the usual Muslim apologists, who like to tell us that Islam has nothing to do with Islamic terrorism, and repeat, endlessly, this nonsense?
FYI says
For some reason that snowflake professor reminds me of somebody.
Maxwell “max” Smart,Agent 86 of … Get Smart.
Wellington says
Well, what a relief it is to realize that of the over 33,000 documented worldwide Islamic terrorist attacks that have been committed just since 9/11 (never mind the countless slaughters committed by Muslims over the last 1400 years and as explicitly authorized by their faith {examples being Suras 2:191 and 9:5}, at the minimum some 270 million killed in the name of Mo’s creed—which doesn’t even take into account all the maiming and psychological destroying of human beings, especially women, in the name of Islam over this same time period), up to 80% of them were committed by Mo followers who did not understand how wonderfully peaceful and tolerant Islam really is. Which raises the pertinent query, to wit, what of the other 20% or so? Because 20% of 33,000+ is still a goodly amount—-and in and of itself still quite damning. Besides, Abrahms’ 80% figure is a made-up nothing, something no serious person should accept.
Meanwhile, Christians, Buddhists, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, Confucianists, et al. are committing atrocities in the name of their belief system at approximately the same rate as are Muslims who don’t understand their faith AND Muslims who do understand their faith. Yeah, right. Who but an Islamophobe could or would doubt any of this?
So tired of the exculpation of Islam. It is a wretched belief system, right up there with Nazism and Marxism, only that it has hidden behind a religious veil. Time the world at large realizes this. C’mon. No more excuses. Islam sucks to the core and is the only major religion that does and one knows this or should know it. Oh yeah, no more excuses. That includes you, Max Abrahms.
gravenimage says
+1
Peggy says
Agree with almost everything you said except for Islam being up there with Nazism and Marxism. As bad as the other two are, Islam is still a lot worse. At least in Communist countries rape and pedophilia is punished not celebrated like in Islamic countries.
There is no FGM in Communist countries and women are not for breeding only.
Bothe sexes are encouraged to get an education.
Punishment for speaking against the regime is severe and almost identical to speaking against Islam.
Islam is extreme evil that has no equal.
James Lincoln says
If one studies Islam totally objectively and in an evidence-based fashion, they will have to come to this conclusion:
Islam is totally evil.
Niemoller says
Guess what, the G.I.s of WWII were largely ignorant of the nuances of constitutional law. The average Red Army recruit couldn’t tell you the difference between Karl and Groucho Marx, etc., but also guess what, the top echelons are always fully familiar with their respective ideologies, including Muslim jihadist ideology, that is the point Max Abrahms and other similar clowns can seem to get through their thick skulls.
Niemoller says
*Can’t (obviously)
Carolyne says
I believe that most Americans are ignorant of the Constitution, particularly the “Innocent until proven guilty,” part.
Ren says
Jihadis are true muslims. Moderates ones are hypocrites.
Arthur says
Max Abrahms is just another soldier in the stealth jihad operation. He’s just doing his part and playing his role.
gravenimage says
More likely he is just another clueless dhimmi.
gravenimage says
Max Abrahms, “one of the world’s leading experts on terrorism,” claims jihadis are “ignorant about Islam”
………………
What a fool. That anyone considers him an “expert” is ludicrous.
Lydia Church says
They are jihad terrorists BECAUSE they know islam and the koran so well!
Duh!
Guy Forester says
First, I would like to know how Mad Max learned that these self declared jihadis were ignorant about islam, and secondly, how he learned the real islam.
Let us see your sources, Max and then compare (as was pointed out above) what the real scholars at Al Azhar had to say.
Also, what training, education, and experience qualify this guy to be a terrorism expert?
Nishant Avasthi says
So if Jihadis are supposedly unware ofd the “True Islam” whose job is it to teach them ? Or bear with them till they become wiser ? And till then all “non-Muslims” can stand in a line and offer our chests for there bullets and our women for their lust ? Utter Nonsense !!!
j_not_a says
Wherever any of these top dog jihadis ( or any devout willing-to-be-a-martyr-for-allah) are on the sliding scale of islamic knowledge, does that make them any more or less dangerous to us infidels? Their goal is still the same – THEY WANT US ALL DEAD, and all religion in the world for allah alone. This guy is just obfuscating.
Darryl Kerney says
We’ve been told that poverty is a major cause of jihad terrorism, and that there will be peace if islam rules the whole world,
BUT, that is not what allah (supposedly) said.
In fact what allah is said to have revealed is the OPPOSITE !
Abu Bakr was the first Caliph of the muslims,
as in Muhammad’s successor, he knew muhammad very well, and what islam was supposed to be,
he said this :
12. Ibn Asakir narrates that when Abu Bakr became the Khalifah he stood on the pulpit and among what he said was, ” If people do not practice jihad Allah will inflict them with poverty”
Page 22.
And,
‘ Allah will deviate the hearts of some” It means Allah will always provide this party of believers with men to fight even if it means deviating their hearts from Iman to Kufur. That is to bless these believers by providing them with the honor of fighting in his sake and the ultimate pleasure of pleasing Allah.
24 Trans. Note: [In other words Allah will never deprive the Ummah from the opportunity of Jihad. Even if one were to assume that the whole world would become Muslim, Allah would deviate the hearts of some from Islam to disbelieve so that the Mujahideen can fight them]
Page 16.
This makes clear what jihad really is, in no uncertain terms….
https://archive.org/stream/TheBookOfJihadByIbnNuhass/The%20Book%20of%20Jihad%20by%20Ibn%20Nuhass#page/n1
ItsReallyQuiteClear says
A Jihad Watch article from August of last year referenced a UN study that made a similar claim:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/08/un-study-finds-islamic-state-jihadis-lack-basic-understanding-of-islam
In addition to the JW article, and its many comments, I offered some criticism of the methodology and conclusions (apologies for my typos and corrections) of the UN study:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/08/un-study-finds-islamic-state-jihadis-lack-basic-understanding-of-islam#comment-1718706
Even the authors of the study acknowledged that no statistically significant conclusions should be drawn from the study, but promoted it as being a useful addition to the dearth of “scholarly” information on the characteristics of jihadis.
The UN study includes references to earlier studies on characteristics of jihadis.
Darryl Kerney says
the UN and all other defenders of islam should consult the words of the “prophet” instead of listening to the OIC, it’s not like it’s hard to find out what islam really is, in the words of it’s own founder and by observing the actions of his most devout followers, the jihadists, who he promised paradise to for fighting in the way of allah….
https://sunnah.com/search/?q=%22i+have+been+commanded+to+fight%22
ItsReallyQuiteClear says
Yes, anything else smacks of designing an academic “study” to game a foregone conclusion.
Thanks for your reply. I hadn’t intended for my comment to be a reply to your original comment — excellent points in both of yours.
PABLO says
Max Abrahms is another pseudo intellectual, who will not debate Mr. Spencer, because he knows that Mr. Spencer will expose him for the fool that he is.
Herman says
“one of the world’s leading experts on terrorism,” claims jihadis are “ignorant about Islam”
This statement is enough to completely ignore this guy!