Help On Finding Sources On A Muslim Youth Project

[amardeep]

GUrfateh singho.

This week i will be writing a short essay on why muslim youth born and raised in the UK feel attracted towards radical islamic groups. I have not been able to find any articles that deal with this subject so i hope you will be able to help me.

Thanks in advance

[tonyhp32]

Personally I think the religion itself is prone to extremism and most Islamic terrorism in rooted in the Quran and Hadiths. But if want to write a politically correct account about how a good old Muslim youth can become an extremist just use the key words like Islamophobia, British foreign policy, war against Islam, Israel's very existence etc etc. That should get you an A*

There's an organisation of former Islamic extremists which works with the British govt mainly taking taxpayers money and shouting that if they don't get the funds then it could lead to more terrorism, bit like the Jizya in fact but this time a small minority are the ones demanding it from the state and not the state demanding it from a small minority! Who says terrorism doesn't work? They have quite a few publications on their website which should help you out.

Their website is-;

http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/

[amardeep]

Thanks for your help tony ji but im mostly looking for something academic (ofcourse not entire reports etc as the essay is only going to be a few pages long) but if there are any websites or articles on the net that gives reviews on some papers or reports could you please help me find them.. Im a newbie when it comes to using internet and research

[tonyhp32]

The submission to the US congress by one of the former extremists Maajid Nawaz does contain information about how he became involved with the extremists.

http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/images/s...ion-09-2008.pdf

[amardeep]

Thanks bro. i'll look into it...

[Mithar]

youtube has some interesting ducumentories about Pakistani youth in UK

[shaheediyan]

Just a quick 60 second search, so need to thank. You may have to buy some of these on-line articles or your Uni's electronic library may already have access to these databases. Some articles are not UK based but the concepts and finds are transposable. What I would advise you, is to read both sides of the arguement and try and present an unbiased view (something many people, including some on this forum are incapable of), this is both a characteristic of a good academic, is ethical and will help you to develop integrity - best of luck (below articles are random and do not necessarily present my view):

http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/si...radicalisation/

http://www.springerlink.com/content/3k61088uu5j467m4/

http://www.slideshare.net/jasicom/is-d-sal...aj-presentation

http://europenews.dk/en/node/7011

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/bar...ative%20(2).pdf

http://www.socscistaff.bham.ac.uk/abbas/

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/1572/

http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article...ls.php?id=10284

[Kaljug]

Fateh!

Tonyhp is right, at the end of the day, if terrorism was not mandated by the Quran and the example of Muhammad as recorded in the Hadith, the problem would not exist. See Andrew G Bostom's The Legacy of Jihad which discusses the sources that justify the separation of the world into Dar al-Islam (the House of Islam, all countries subjugated by Muslims and run according to Sharia law) and Dar al-Harb (the House of War, those countries that have yet to be conquered in the name of Islam).

Read Ed Husain's The Islamist if you want a former Islamic extremist's reasons for his radicalisation and eventual abandonment of these ideals.

Do some research on the political organisation called the The Muslim Brotherhood as it is most responsible for spreading the ideology of Islamic terrorism in the last several decades, both in the West and in Arab countries. The intellectual leader of the movement was Sayyid Qutb and his books Milestones and In The Shade of the Quran describe the modern day rewriting of the age-old Islamic ideal of conquering the world for Allah.

Watch two documentaries, Undercover Mosque and it's sequel (you can watch both on Google video), which document the rise and spread of the Wahabi form of Islam in UK mosques. The Imams who preach this form of Islam are supported and sponsored by the Saudi authorities. British authorities are, I believe, aware of this link but are too afraid of losing the economic and financial advantages of being on the good side of these oil-rich sheikhs.

You may want to contact Maryam Namazie, founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, to get the story first hand from former Muslims who have been able to see through to the fascist ideology of Arab imperialism inherent in Islam and how it has spread, disguised as a religion. See here for her blog and contact details:

http://maryamnamazie.blogspot.com/

Or you could just do the politically correct thing and blame it on Israel.

Regards,

K.

[amardeep]

you guys are great man.. thank you very much

[shaheediyan]

One other thing Amardeep, most of the above is most likely rooted in Wahabism.

So please try not to generalise as some of friends here love doing. There are likely 2 billion Muslims on Earth of all sects, cultures and creeds. They are obviously not all blood lusting terrorists. Try and iron out the problem movements (we are talking of recent history - territorial or religious/intellectual expansion is not unique to Muslims, any one who has studied history knows that).

Also, look at what both sides say -here is a good start:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21695.pdf

http://www.sultan.org/articles/wahabism.html

http://islam-watch.org/SherKhan/Wahabbism.htm

[amardeep]

Thank you very much. I have read some of the links above and the one from the EU website and the one given by tony are quite useful.

I have had a lot of discussions with people from Hizb ut tahrir and most of my friends are muslims so i will not fall into the pit hole of generalising.

[Kaljug]

One other thing Amardeep, most of the above is most likely rooted in Wahabism.

Fateh, Veer ji!

Wahabism/Salafism is a pretty recent creation (18th century). Even Muhammad ibn 'Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Tamimi didn't consider himself the originator of a new school of Islamic philosophy, he simply purged Islam of traditions like Saint worship that he considered modern innovations and wanted to return to a form of Islam that was a close as possible to the Islam practised in the time following the first several decades after the death of Muhammad. His beliefs are just a continuation and a simplification of the Hanbali school of Sharia of which he was a scholar.

The same ideas can be traced all the way back to the beginnings of Islam. Bostom's book in particular reveals that the tenets that al-Wahhab most closely identified himself with are to be found in the earliest texts of the 4 Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence to the most recent. The schools of Shia jurisprudence do not differ in the essential belief that Islam is to be propagated by any means neccesary until the whole world is under the rule of Islam.

As a pretty obvious example of an earlier time in Islamic history when the same ideals were followed, consider that the Mughals did not have to wait for al-Wahhab to start their campaign of forceful conversions and they did not need al-Wahhab to tell them that martyring Guru Arjan and Guru Tegh Bahadur for not converting to Islam was mandated by Sharia law and the actions of Muhammad.

Regards

K.

[Kaljug]

Thank you very much. I have read some of the links above and the one from the EU website and the one given by tony are quite useful.

I have had a lot of discussions with people from Hizb ut tahrir and most of my friends are muslims so i will not fall into the pit hole of generalising.

Just so you know, Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned as a terrorist organisation in most countries, though they seem to operate in the UK without much trouble from British authorities. This despite the fact that they want a return to the Caliphate, meaning that all Muslims answer to the Caliph and are not bound by the laws of their countries. Among their declared aims is the complete abandonment of international law and the enforcement of Sharia law on every living person. And of course, they want the destruction of Israel.

K.

[amardeep]

i've never considered them dangeorus... only extremely dumb lol

[Mithar]

Just so you know, Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned as a terrorist organisation in most countries, though they seem to operate in the UK without much trouble from British authorities. This despite the fact that they want a return to the Caliphate, meaning that all Muslims answer to the Caliph and are not bound by the laws of their countries. Among their declared aims is the complete abandonment of international law and the enforcal of Sharia law on every living person. And of course, they want the destruction of Israel.

K.

Hizb Ut Tahrir advocates the return of the Caliphate over all Muslim nations. But this wont sit well with the Shia nations, especially Iran which will be the biggest opponent of a Sunni dominated Caliphate.