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| Shakka |
Interesting...
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The psychology behind suicide bombings.
By - Pierre Rehov, documentary filmmaker On July 15, MSNBC's "Connected" program discussed the July 7th London attacks.
One of the guests was Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six documentaries on the intifada by going undercover in the Palestinian areas. Pierre's upcoming film, "Suicide Killers," is based on interviews that he conducted with the families of suicide bombers and would-be bombers in an attempt to find out why they do it. Pierre agreed to a request for a Q&A interview here about his work on the new film.
Q - What inspired you to produce "Suicide Killers,"
your seventh film?
A - I started working with victims of suicide attacks to make a film on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder) when I became fascinated with the
personalities of those who had committed those crimes, as they were described again and again by their victims. Especially the fact that suicide bombers are all smiling one second before they blow themselves up.
Q - Why is this film especially important?
A - People don't understand the devastating culture
behind this unbelievable phenomenon. My film is not
politically correct because it addresses the real
problem, showing the real face of Islam. It
points the finger against a culture of hatred in which
the uneducated are brainwashed to a level where their
only solution in life becomes to kill themselves and
kill others in the name of a God whose word, as
transmitted by other men, has become their only
certitude.
Q - What insights did you gain from making this film?
What do you know that other experts do not know?
A - I came to the conclusion that we are facing a
neurosis at the level of an entire civilization. Most
neuroses have in common a dramatic event, generally
linked to an unacceptable sexual behavior. In this
case, we are talking of kids living all their
lives in pure frustration, with no opportunity to
experience sex, love, tenderness or even understanding
from the opposite sex. The separation between men and
women in Islam is absolute. So is contempt toward
women, who are totally dominated by men. This leads
to a situation of pure anxiety, in which normal
behavior is not possible. It is no coincidence that
suicide killers are mostly young men dominated
subconsciously by an overwhelming libido that they
not only cannot satisfy but are afraid of, as if it is
the work of the devil. Since Islam describes heaven
as a place where everything on Earth will finally be
allowed, and promises 72 virgins to those frustrated
kids, killing others and killing themselves to reach
this redemption becomes their only solution.
Q - What was it like to interview would-be suicide
bombers, their families and survivors of suicide
bombings?
A - It was a fascinating and a terrifying experience.
You are dealing with seemingly normal people with
very nice manners who have their own logic, which to
a certain extent can make sense since they are so
convinced that what they say is true. It is like
dealing with pure craziness, like interviewing people
in an asylum, since what they say, is for them, the
absolute truth. I hear a mother saying "Thank God, my
son is dead." Her son had became a shaheed, a
martyr, which for her was a greater source of pride
than
if he had became an engineer, a doctor or a winner of
the Nobel Prize.
This system of values works completely backwards since
their interpretation of Islam worships death much
more than life. You are facing people whose only
dream, only achievement goal is to fulfill what they
believe to be their destiny, namely to be a Shaheed or
the family of a shaheed. They don't see the innocent
being killed, they only see the impure that they have
to destroy.
Q - You say suicide bombers experience a moment of
absolute power, beyond punishment. Is death the
ultimate power?
A - Not death as an end, but death as a door opener to
the after life. They are seeking the reward that God
has promised them. They work for God, the ultimate
authority, above all human laws. They therefore
experience this single delusional second of absolute
power, where nothing bad can ever happen to them,
since they become God's sword.
Q - Is there a suicide bomber personality profile?
Describe the psychopathology.
A - Generally kids between 15 and 25 bearing a lot of
complexes, generally inferiority complexes. They must
have been fed with religion. They usually have a lack
of developed personality. Usually they are
impressionable idealists. In the western world
they would easily have become drug addicts, but not
criminals. Interestingly, they are not criminals
since they don't see good and evil the same way that
we do. If they had been raised in an Occidental
culture, they would have hated violence. But they
constantly battle against their own death anxiety. The
only solution to this deep-seated pathology is to be
willing to die and
be rewarded in the afterlife in Paradise.
Q - Are suicide bombers principally motivated by
religious conviction?
A - Yes, it is their only conviction. They don't act
to gain a territory or to find freedom or even
dignity. They only follow Allah, the supreme judge,
and what He tells them to do.
Q - Do all Muslims interpret jihad and martyrdom in
the same way?
A - All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately,
Islam will prevail on earth. They believe this is the
only true religion and there is no room, in their
mind, for interpretation. The main difference between
moderate Muslims and extremists is that moderate
Muslims don't think they will see the absolute victory
of Islam during their lifetime, therefore they
respect other beliefs. The extremists believe that
the fulfillment of the Prophecy of Islam and ruling
the entire world as described in the Koran, is for
today. Each victory of Bin Laden convinces 20 million
moderate Muslims to become extremists.
Q - Describe the culture that manufactures suicide
bombers.
A - Oppression, lack of freedom, brain washing,
organized poverty, placing God in charge of daily
life, total separation between men and women,
forbidding sex, giving women no power whatsoever, and
placing men in charge of family honor, which is mainly
connected to their women's behavior.
Q - What socio-economic forces support the
perpetuation of suicide bombings?
A - Muslim charity is usually a cover for supporting
terrorist organizations. But one has also to look at
countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran, which
are also supporting the same organizations through
different networks. The ironic thing in the case of
Palestinian suicide bombers is that most of the money
comes through financial support from the Occidental
world, donated to a culture that utterly hates and
rejects the West (mainly symbolized by Israel).
Q - Is there a financial support network for the
families of the suicide bombers? If so, who is
paying them and how does that affect the decision?
A - There used to be a financial incentive in the days
of Saddam Hussein ($25,000 per family) and Yasser
Arafat (smaller amounts), but these days are gone.
It is a mistake to believe that these families would
sacrifice their children for money. Although, the
children themselves who are very attached to their
families, might find in this financial support
another reason to become suicide bombers. It is like
buying a life insurance policy and then committing
suicide.
Q - Why are so many suicide bombers young men?
A - As discussed above, libido is paramount. Also ego,
because this is a sure way to become a hero. The
shaheed are the cowboys or the firemen of Islam.
Shaheed is a positively reinforced value in this
culture. And what kid has never dreamed of becoming a
cowboy or a fireman?
Q - What role does the U.N. play in the terrorist
equation?
A - The U.N. is in the hands of Arab countries and
third world or ex-communist countries. Their hands
are tied. The U.N. has condemned Israel more than any
other country in the world, including the regime of
Castro, Idi Amin or Kaddahfi. By behaving this way,
the U.N. leaves a door open by not openly condemning
terrorist organizations. In addition, through UNRWA,
the U.N. is directly tied to terror organizations
such as Hamas, representing 65 percent of their
apparatus in the so-called Palestinian refugee camps.
As a support to Arab countries, the U.N. has
maintained
Palestinians in camps with the hope to "return" into
Israel for more than 50 years, therefore making it
impossible to settle those populations, which still
live in deplorable conditions. Four hundred million
dollars are spent every year, mainly financed by
U.S. taxes, to support 23,000 employees of UNRWA, many
of whom belong to terrorist organizations (see
Congressman Eric Cantor on this subject, and in my
film "Hostages of Hatred").
Q - You say that a suicide bomber is a 'stupid bomb
and a smart bomb' simultaneously. Explain what you
mean.
A - Unlike an electronic device, a suicide killer has
until the last second the capacity to change his
mind. In reality, he is nothing but a platform
representing interests which are not his, but he
doesn't know it.
Q - How can we put an end to the madness of suicide
bombings and terrorism in general?
A - Stop being politically correct and stop believing
that this culture is a victim of ours. Radical
Islamism today is nothing but a new form of Nazism.
Nobody was trying to justify or excuse Hitler
in the 1930s. We had to defeat him in order to make
peace one day with the German people.
Q - Are these men traveling outside their native areas
in large numbers? Based on your research, would you
predict that we are beginning to see a new wave of
suicide bombings outside the Middle East?
A - Every successful terror attack is considered a
victory by the radical Islamists. Everywhere Islam
expands there is regional conflict. Right now, there
are thousands of candidates for martyrdom lining up
in training camps in Bosnia, Afghanistan and
Pakistan. Inside Europe, hundreds of illegal mosques
are preparing the next step of brain washing to lost
young men who cannot find a satisfying identity in
the Occidental world. Israel is much more prepared
for this than the rest of the world will ever be. Yes,
there will be more suicide killings in Europe and the
U.S. Sadly, this is only the beginning.
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| Sunsnail |
| Very interesting. Thanks for posting. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately,
Islam will prevail on earth. (...) Each victory of Bin Laden convinces 20 million moderate Muslims to become extremists. |
It was quite interesting, until I stumbled on these words.
"All Muslim believers?" - I'd give him a break and accept this as a inherent characteristic of fundamentalists, but this is too much of a generalisation: "20 million moderate Muslims to become extremists"!? Where did he get this from? |
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| venomX |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
It was quite interesting, until I stumbled on these words.
"All Muslim believers?" - I'd give him a break and accept this as a inherent characteristic of fundamentalists, but this is too much of a generalisation: "20 million moderate Muslims to become extremists"!? Where did he get this from? |
I agree with Lira. The article was interesting seeing the he seemingly has an 'inside scoop' on the issue, but some of the generalizations he makes are too sweeping and 'all encompasing'. I think he's a bit biased against muslims from what he has experienced in those interviews and his whole view of the muslim world is a bit skewed. Also i was slightly offended by | quote: | | The U.N. is in the hands of Arab countries and |
, i mean seriously, this just denotes more bias. What is he implying? That if you're arab, or part of a third world country, or part of an ex-communist country you by definition are not fit to exercise important functions? I think a bit more neutrality is due in article on such sensitive subject, specially for such loaded claims that he can not substantiate. Besides that the ideas were interesting. |
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