AH, //I maintain my own view, that the psychopaths merely use the pretence of Islamic doctrine to act as a shield for what by any measure are the actions of unblananced minds.//
And your evidence to support that is … where?
//As I understand it, you believe that the violence meted out by psychopaths//
In that case you don’t understand it. I don’t believe they are psychopaths. If they were, one would have to ask why Muslims suffer vastly disproportionately to any other group of people from a serious mental disorder. You may as well go along with bednobs’ psychobabble explanation that Jihadists do it because they’re men. It makes as little sense.
//Naomi is expressing an opinion, it is not backed up by factual evidence - //
No, I am not expressing an opinion. If you want evidence, read the Koran. It’s all there.
//if it was, the much promised 'holy war' would far more advanced than it actually is.//
It’s already advanced from a city in Saudi Arabia, to vast swathe of surrounding areas, north Africa, eastern Asia, and a good proportion of the Far East. How far do you want it to advance before you notice?
I see PP has brought Northern Ireland into the discussion again - but as he says, hey ho, this is AB. Another who might just cotton on if he took the trouble to find the answers to two questions.
1. What would assuage the Irish?
2. What would assuage radical Islam?
Try it - and see what you come up with.