Canadian jihadi’s non-Muslim mom launches de-radicalization effort Robert Spencer Sep 9, 2014 at 11:29am Canada, converts to Islam 46 Comments christianne-boudreau“What did I do wrong? How could the child I raised be hurting or killing people?” She didn’t do anything wrong. Her son converted to Islam, and became convinced that hurting and killing people was the best way to serve his god. That is what needs to be addressed. The capacity of Islamic texts and teachings needs to be discussed publicly, not waved away with “There’s violence in the Bible, too.” Muslim communities in the West that ostensibly reject violence need to formulate programs to teach Muslims (especially converts) against this understanding of Islam — and if they cannot and will not do so, there needs to be a public discussion about that as well. In other words, why does it fall to a non-Muslim to start a “de-radicalization effort”? Why aren’t there such efforts in every mosque in the West? Instead, these important questions are buried under cries of “Islamophobia
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 04:11:29 +0000