Charles O. Jones 

Each Muslim homicidal bomber is, at least to a certain extent, unique, as of certainty are all humans.  However, there are common threads in the backgrounds of these persons, which lead them to explode themselves in their attempts to kill infidels, especially Christians and Jews. If placed in an equation, the path leading to a Muslim exploding him or herself, in an effort to kill as many infidels as possible, might be annotated as: 

         Ignorance + Mind Control + False Pride = Resentment, Fear & Envy =  
                              Hatred & Anger = Murder & Mayhem.                                  

IGNORANCE:  If ignorance were a virtue, Islam would be the most virtuous society on earth!  With few exceptions, the curricula of most Islamic schools today is woefully inadequate for competing in the 21st Century, or for that matter, in practically any other century of recorded history.  Muslim religious schools, the Madrassas, base their curricula almost exclusively on the Sunnah, or that is, the contents of the Koran and the Hadith, the collection of the casual sayings of Muhammad.  Students learn basic skills of reading and writing, hatred of infidels and rote passages from the Koran, but little else.  

And, unbelievable as it may seem to persons of more advanced societies, the Sunnah forms the entire belief system of the Muslim world!  For a true Muslim, any knowledge not contained within the Sunnah must be false; hence, the abysmal ignorance of most Muslims.  Almost without exception, the Arabic speaking Muslim countries tenaciously hold on to their ignorance, since it is a legacy of Allah, as revealed to Muhammad, and mandated in the Koran.    

Of course, the children of the rich and powerful leaders of the Muslim world, including the children of some of the most dangerous terrorists, are educated in the Western world, principally in the U.S. or Europe.    

MIND CONTROL:  From infancy, even before any formal schooling, Muslim children are taught to hate and despise all non-Muslims.  The children are urged to act out their rage against infidels with classroom projects, such as the instance of a Saudi teacher, of an art class, immediately after 9/11, telling his 3rd grade students to, “Draw the sight of the two airplanes blowing up the twin towers.” And, a recent television clip showed a three year old Muslim girl describing Jews as monkeys and apes.    

FALSE PRIDE:  Also from infancy, Muslim children are told that they are Allah’s “Chosen People”.  They are taught that Allah’s revelations, as given through the mouth of His Last and Most Perfect Prophet, Muhammad, have provided the only perfect recipe needed to live the good life on earth, and that they will receive Allah’s bountiful blessings if only following the Prophet’s revelations.  Unfortunately for infidels, a goodly number of these revelations call for their killing or enslavement.   

ENVY AND RESENTMENT:  As Muslims mature, they plainly see the abject poverty and misery around them.  They also see, through magazines, movies, television, tourism and the Internet, the abundant life being enjoyed by other societies.  They are told that this abundant life, promised them by God’s Prophet, and presently being enjoyed by the infidels, has somehow been stolen from them, Allah’s chosen people!        

But, most insidious, Muslims are taught that the reason for their miserable lives is only their own fault, because they have not been sufficiently faithful to Allah.  That is, they have not sufficiently adhered to the exhortations of the Koran such as, “Kill, kill the infidels, wherever you find them.”, and numerous other like verses of the Koran.   For over 1,300 years, the worst excesses of Muslim Genocide have usually occurred whenever Islam suffered setbacks in its goal of world domination.   

FEAR:  Muslims are continuously reminded that their society is at war and under constant attack by the infidels, the oppressors.  For a Muslim, using the double-speak of Islam, this is true; any society that does not voluntarily enter into Dar Al-Islam, or the “Peace” of Islam, is considered to be at war.  Absolutely no other provocation is necessary!  This is a unique concept, but for Muslims is entirely logical.  Their reasoning seems to be that since Allah (Muhammad) has provided mankind with the perfect recipe for living on this earth, any society opposing His (Allah’s /Muhammad’s) holy mandates is undeserving of any consideration whatsoever!  That the consequences for these infidels entail genocide, rape, slavery and a host of other denigrating conditions is, in the eyes of Muslims, only their well deserved desserts.     

Another powerful motivation for the “homicidal” bombers is the fear of (Muslim) Hell and the desirability of reaching (Muslim) Heaven.  Few passages of the Bible describe Heaven and Hell, but the Koran has detailed descriptions of both destinations, and especially the torment of the Muslim Hell.  The only sure route to (Muslim) Heaven is by dying in Holy Jihad.  For many poor, ignorant and miserable Muslims, this option seems attractive.  They achieve a widespread and instant recognition on earth, for killing infidels, and supposedly a straight pass to heaven.  Once there, the men enjoy many pleasures denied them while on earth such as unlimited sex, wine, culinary delights, luxurious clothing and abundant wealth.  And, in many instances, based on a sliding scale of his or her activity, the Jihadist may receive cash rewards.  Naturally, in the case of a  homicidal bomber, it is his or her family that receives up to $25,000 from a terrorist organization.     

Recent additions to the ranks of suicide bombers have been women, often young girls that are given a choice of becoming a respected martyr to Islam or being murdered by male relatives because of some real or imagined “loss of honor”.  However the Koran has little to say concerning any pleasures reserved for women who die in Jihad.  Generally, the children of Muslim leaders seldom become human bombs, though there have been exceptions.     

HATRED AND ANGER:  A festering hatred taught from infancy and the anger engendered by their miserable lives, as compared to those lead by the hated infidels, that have supposedly somehow appropriated their inheritance, controls their emotions.  Some of the more intelligent eventually realize that their blind allegiance to Islam has been misplaced, but few try to escape.  To do so would practically guarantee loss of family, friends, and incur an immediate death sentence for apostasy.
 
THEN:   Ignorance + Mind Control + False Pride = Envy, Resentment & Fear = Hate & Anger = MURDER & MAYHEM !           

                                                                                                                                 
End Note:   Please refer to “My Son’s Teacher Was a Terrorist”,  Archive #25