by Molitor » Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:37 pm
As a mate of mine said, "no point in finding a reason when there's not any reason". The attackers got ideologically brainwashed by a bunch of sick f*cks who use Islam as a way to serve their political & financial interests among their sect.
This accident shows the limits and breaches in the fundamentals of the secularity laws in France (and likely in some other countries): these fights, whether violent or not, have to happen, because two opposed ways of thinking are applied in the same set of laws.
On the left hand, you may practice and think any religion you wish, and on the right hand you may blaspheme (publicly of you like, because religion has to stay in a certain private circle). The two elements of the "war recipe" are there and the "cooking" ends up eventually.
What can we do ? Try to pull up the weed at its roots ? We put imams in prisons to ensure the Muslim prisoners not to steer from the "right path", we hope for the teachers to fight obscurantism among their students, we try to arrest the young people going to Syria and co, but the problem doesn't solve by itself. Educate your beloved ones, don't let them forge a wrong version of their religion.
P.S: I add that, despite the laws, France is still deeply [too] Christian. And in some regions, Christian education is given in public schools because of some outdated local law - very wrong imho.
P.S 2: There was an interesting documentary on telly some months back, about young British guys who choose to practice radical Islam. Most of them said it was "because of Bush Jr.". Old problems still have consequences today :/
P.S 3: I haven't heard about any Buddhist extremist yet (except for the burning monks). Is it the next big thing ?