BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

As with any sociopathic type - HELL NO. You can't change or reform them. That's my $1.38. And with Obama closing Gitmo, we'd better buckle up. Because they always go right back to it! by Susan Mohammad News last week that Said Ali al-Shihri, a former inmate of Guantánamo, has emerged as al-Qaeda’s deputy leader in Yemen intensified debate on how to deal with prisoners held at the U.S.-run detention camp in Cuba. But al-Shihri’s narrative raised other interesting questions as well. In 2007, the U.S. released him to Saudi Arabia, where he underwent a much-trumpeted religious “deradicalization” program for jihadists that clearly didn’t take. In the past, Saudi authorities have consistently claimed that none of the program’s graduates have returned to terrorism in the five years since the program was established. But after al-Shihri’s story began unfolding, authorities admitted that nine others have been rearrested. Despite the failure, Time has reported, the Pentagon won’t...

Are Koran Schools Hotbeds of Terrorism? Is this a rhetorical question? Because if it is, I can understand it for the title - otherwise this is one of those things that falls, in my opinion, in the "Duh" News. This article seems to sanitize these schools. If only it was true! However, the proof is in the ACTIONS of these people. Koran school or not these children live in a culture of hate. No matter what is taught at school, those of us who are parents know, there are even stronger and more fundamental lessons taught in the home and in the community. And How many times you've heard about a triple murder/suicide pact for God between families/fiances/children who are Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, etc. - Barbara By Bernhard Zand To most Western minds, madrasahs are breeding grounds for terrorists. But that's only one side of the coin. The syllabus at many Koran schools is far removed from Islamist extremism. For millions of Muslims, these schools are the only h...