Listening to the media, including Fox, one has to wonder why a salient characteristic of recent “lone wolves” is missing.The fact that these terrorists were Muslim converts is mysteriously absent. That ‘inconvenient truth’ is not only important for our security, but for successful counterterrorism measures. Instead,”mental problems” appears to be the chosen narrative to feed the proletariat. But times have changed. Even the ostriches among us are realizing the problem is Islamic terrorism.
Once we admit that many of these murderers are Muslim converts we have to ask why and how. A study done at Kings College, London, in 2011 illustrated that 55% of Muslim terrorists in the USA were converts. How interesting! People who convert to Christianity, Judaism, or Buddhism don’t murder co-workers or massacre soldiers while shouting, “Shma,” “Jesus is my savior” or “Ohm” The only cry while chopping off an infidel’s head is “Allahu Akbar.” What is it about that specific conversion that sends them on a violent jihad?
Maybe the answer lies in where they get converted- prison. Although I’m describing in broad strokes, it isn’t a stretch to say most inmates are angry and envious. Since I was a counselor for a short time in a county jail, I can say inmates regularly blame others for their actions. Blaming others, anger, and envy are emotions that Islamic ideology fuels and affirms. As a matter of fact, religious extremism is reported by the chaplains as especially common among Muslim inmates (including followers of the Nation of Islam and the Moorish Science Temple of America) according to a 2011 Pew Research Forum.
Daniel Pipes wrote about the problem of Muslim converting here. He states, ” Conversion to Islam substantially increases the probablity of a person’s involvement in terrorism.” That was written in 2005. It hasn’t gotten better and in some ways worse. These terrorists are dubbed ” lone wolves” as if they had no connection with their motivation which is to kill the “infidel.” Actual ” lone wolves” who are driven from the pack are still wolves. These human killers are still Muslim,
What about the imams who are part of the jail outreach? Muslim chaplains have the right to hold prayer groups in prison, but what if they themselves are being funded by terrorist groups? Is emphasise being put on jihad?
People who want to convert to Judaism are told that it has to be done with an Orthodox rabbi. In addition, certain rituals have to be performed for it to be a true conversion. Perhaps the Muslim convert needs to show how Muslim he really is before he ( or she) is accepted into the fold. Maybe he’s anxious to meet those 72 virgins. Or maybe the hate and anger that other religions try to purge is given a special seat at the dais and the convert is given permission to act on his darker impulses. The motive is not as important as monitoring our prisons and the people coming out of them.
” Lone Wolf” John Allen Mohammed killed at least 10 people
