It's easy to see when the other guys do it. In fact, it's comical.
The founder of an Islamic television station in upstate New York aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes has confessed to beheading his wife, authorities said.
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It's easy to see when the other guys do it. In fact, it's comical.
The founder of an Islamic television station in upstate New York aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes has confessed to beheading his wife, authorities said.
I think you are barking up the wrong tree. There are plenty of Christians who have beheaded their wives during divorces as well.
However I would be surprised if those same "christians" had established a media outlet to counter christian stereotypes...
Lets be balanced... when someone from a western/US culture commits an act such as beheading a spouse... it is a manifestation of poor mental health and/or morals...
That does not seem to be the case here... rather the act is a manifestation of a cultural norm that makes allowances for "honor" killings and the subjugation of females as less than males...
SethB, Not sure if you meant your response to be interpretted as tongue in cheek, but if not it is you who is barking up the wrong tree
We might want to withhold judgment until we find out if this is a nut case who happens to be Muslim, or a (more or less) sane person who defends himself on the grounds that the Koran instructed his actions.Quote:
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I suppose you are correct... Hence my comment to SethB as to whether his response was tongue in cheek
However, I think it is at least reasonable to assume my interpretation given his immediate trip to the police to report his own action... nut cases usually don't march immediately down to the local authorites to report "what a bad boy am I"
Well, not beheadings, but there are some very good examples from about 1987 or so. Think Swaggart....Quote:
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Which brings up the interesting possibility of cultural conditioning in choosing a narrative that minimizes social retribution...Quote:
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I have merged several SWJ Blog posts on narrative, along with one small thread and given this thread a new title.
There are several other, closed threads where the title indicates narrative features, notably: How do We Train to Match our Actions to Our Narrative? , Media's poor use of a narrative (both OIF era) and Strategic Narrative
All prompted by the next post. I suspect narrative appears within other threads, most notably regarding ISIS.
Recommended by a "lurker" is a new paper by Dr Andrew Glazzard of RUSI, which he explains here:There is a link to his paper (21 pgs) here:https://icct.nl/publication/losing-t...ent-extremism/Quote:
Counter-terrorist practitioners and policy makers appear to be very interested in narrative. They often describe the worldview of violent Islamist groups and movements as the ‘jihadi narrative’, while their efforts to confront terrorist propaganda are usually labelled as ‘counter-narrative’ or ‘alternative narrative’. However, while the counter-narrative approach has gained widespread acceptance in governments, think-tanks and civil society organisations, it is built on very shaky theoretical and empirical foundations. Some valuable theoretical contributions to the study of violent extremist narrative have been made by psychologists in particular, but there is one discipline which is conspicuous by its absence from the field: literary studies. This paper makes a case for the value of studying violent extremist narratives as narratives in the literary sense. By employing the tools and techniques of literary criticism, violent extremist communication can be revealed as not only potentially persuasive, but also creative and aesthetically appealing: terrorists inspire their followers, they don’t merely persuade them. Understanding the creative sources of this inspiration is vital if counter-narrative is to succeed in presenting an alternative to the propaganda of violent extremist groups.