I was a first responder to two suicide bombings in Iraq and those experiences had an impact on my perspective. There are many beautiful and tolerant Muslims but the textual language within the Quran is far from tolerant. In the 90’s the promotion of antisocial values and the glorification of violence and drugs portrayed in gangsta rap had a huge negative influence on many young and easily impressionable American black youth. The pursuit of negative values leads to a trap, with the real result being a great loss of not even beginning to maximize one’s personal growth potential. It’s my opinion that there’s also a radical culture within the Islamic world that promotes antisocial values and glorifies violence. This has had a devastating impact on millions of young and very easily influenced lives. The internet and the ease of travel transversed us all into an increasingly smaller and greater connected global society. As a global society we need to use the internet and our educational institutions to promote unity and self and collective societal improvement. These are the cornerstone steps we need to take In order to maximize our individual and collective growth potential. The alternative to taking these proactive steps is that as a global society, like the young women depicted in this video we have the potential to destroy ourselves.
Brides of Allah - Palestinian women jihadists open up about their complicity in attacks in Israel
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McCarter & English, LLP fired me because of this LinkedIn post. They stated it promoted negative views of Muslims and blacks which is not true. The post highlights the truth. The promotion of violence in 90’s gangster rap and radical cultures within Islam is a trap that had a devastating impact on millions of young and easily influenced lives. As a global society we need to use internet and our educational institutions to promote unity and self and collective society improvement.
Good observation, however, I feel there is a disconnect between your comment on 90s rap and its effects on black youth and the jihad. Your perspective on rap in the 90s is pretty shallow and I’d probably do a bit more looking into that if I were you. Rap in the 90s wasn’t about glorifying violence and drugs but it was more of an expression of what black Americans endured in their daily lives. “Glorification” is not the word that most would probably use if you understood a different perspective.
As I understand it, suicide bombings and the like by ISIS in Iraq and the region were intended to destabilize the respective nations. That is, they were meant to turn the people against the government so as to pave the way for ISIS to take over. Am I right about that? Is that the intent behind the kind of terrorism you responded to?
Great observation William and one I have seen in many areas around the world 🌍.
Former Navy SEAL / Partner at Parlatore Law Group LLP
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