I\'m doing a short paper on diversity in Al-Queda, the Nazis, and the KKK, three terrorists organizations. The KKK has no Jewish or Black members. The Nazis had Jews in disguise, if discovered they would have been killed. Al-Queda currently has Jewish and Black members, who must have converted to Islam, Adam Gadan Perlman for one. If you have any insights on this subject, please let me know. Thanks.
Any Asians in Al Quaeda ?
diversity in Al-Queda?
Jesus Christ.......
Well -- they have quite a few democrats in the AQ. And those libs see to be everyone but whitey.
can you really call the Nazis a terrorist group? it was a political party.
i have no insight but it is an interesting observation.
can the differences in racial/ethnic diversity in the three groups you mentioned be explained because of the particulars of the ideologies involved? that is, the KKK was virulently anti-catholic and anti-black and to a lesser extent anti-immigrant. so you would not expect any catholics or blacks. but was there diversity in terms of protestant religions? economic diversity?
nazis were virulently anti-jew, anti-gay, to a lesser extent anti-non-white. so again, the ideology forecloses participation by most of these folks, except closeted homosexuals.
al qaeda, by contrast, has a slightly different ideology. it is anti-west, anti-materialism, anti-non-muslim. it is not race- or ethnic-based, at least not solely. so members of different ethnicities or races can "join" or sympathize with al qaeda. conversion to islam is required, but other than that, anyone born anywhere could potentially be eligible.
perhaps a comparison to armed socialist movements would allow for a closer analogy. you'd probably see similar racial and ethnic diversity in such groups.
the420miler wrote:
diversity in Al-Queda?
Jesus Christ.......
although he did start an alternative to Judaism, I'm not sure you can make the leap to being a member of A-Q.
high on moen wrote:
Well -- they have quite a few democrats in the AQ. And those libs see to be everyone but whitey.
Actually G.W. Bush is the biggest Al Q supporter there is. After 9/11, his doomed-to-be-quickly-forgotten presidency was reinvigorated by patriotism and his approval ratings shot up to something like 80+%. Then he milked 9/11 in order to get a war in IRaq he wanted, and milked it some more for his re-election campaign. Al Q did him a big favor with 9/11.
Of course it all back-fired on him because he is an idiot, but without Al Q, Bush would never have been re-elected in or had high approval ratings at any time. And that's why he keeps Osama alive today- he still hopes that image of the bogeyman will score him some points by scaring people.