Comments on: MI5: there is no terrorist profile http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/08/21/mi5_there_is_no_terrorist_profile Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dawood http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/08/21/mi5_there_is_no_terrorist_profile#comment-8439 dawood Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:59:47 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2008/08/21/mi5_there_is_no_terrorist_profile#comment-8439 If you have ever read any of the work of Scott Atran then this is definitely clear, and it's a good thing that the M15 and all are finally taking notice. He is a social anthropologist who has studied both terrorism and Islamism extensively and presented a number of lectures at the "Beyond Belief" conference criticizing the likes of Dawkins and Harris etc. regarding their claims that Islamic religiosity leads to terrorism. I am not sure if any of his work is published online, but from what I have read of it previously, he has extensive data from his social sciences approach of studying thousands of Muslims in various countries to support his claims. It is well worth a look. Ma`a al-salama If you have ever read any of the work of Scott Atran then this is definitely clear, and it’s a good thing that the M15 and all are finally taking notice. He is a social anthropologist who has studied both terrorism and Islamism extensively and presented a number of lectures at the “Beyond Belief” conference criticizing the likes of Dawkins and Harris etc. regarding their claims that Islamic religiosity leads to terrorism.

I am not sure if any of his work is published online, but from what I have read of it previously, he has extensive data from his social sciences approach of studying thousands of Muslims in various countries to support his claims. It is well worth a look.

Ma`a al-salama

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