Maajid Nawaz: "Please stop saying the Nice attacks have nothing to do with Islam."

[King_Klonopin]

74. Whether or not these acts of violence are related to Islamic extremists,

what bothers me is when people act like they WANT this violence
to be related to Islamist groups -- those who jump to that conclusion
before all the facts are known, those who seem to be routing for
another act of "Islamic" terrorism because it bolsters a paranoid
political dogma, or those who simply want to say "I told you so"
and feel justified in their accusation that no Muslims should be
trusted or tolerated. Trump provides the perfect example of this,
and he will certainly seek to exploit this latest incident, regardless
of the facts.

In the same vain, it bothers me when people jump to the opposite
conclusions too soon. If there is a connection to Islamic extremists,
I can acknowledge that fact. However, despite the yammering of the
militant right-wing, an act of Islamic terrorism does not sway me from
my non-bigoted, non-paranoid, liberal beliefs.

My belief is that there is an evil, antisocial, psychological make-up
inherent in these individuals which predisposes them to be attracted
to and to follow the mindset and social constructs of a terrorist group.
It is a phenomenon which is not new to social psychology, nor is it a
concept which is anathema here in the United States -- just look to
the KKK or the Neo-Nazis as a reference. One's love for his God or
his country is not the problem; the perversion of those beliefs and then
using those beliefs as an excuse to oppress and murder other people is
the true evil.