A recent study on the typical “terrorist” prone to radical Islam and violence produced the following results, that there was no “stereotypical” terrorist at all…read below and here…
The study says terrorists studied were “a diverse collection of individuals, fitting no single profile, nor do they all follow a typical pathway to violent extremism.”
Contradicting a perception that all those involved in terrorist activities are religious fanatics, it asserts that most terrorists are religious novices, with some rarely practicing their faith at all.
This is of no surprise to me…I would think that you would more likely see someone who is extremely religious just cutting themself off from society rather than creating more chaos. It makes more sense to me what this study states cause its more logical that someone who practices either little or nothing would actually have alterior motives and are just using their faith as a catalyst for their objectives.
I have been so busy in the last couple weeks. I think this summer flew because of so many things happening, one on top of the other. And now before I knew it school has started again for the boys.
Soon I will fill everyone in on what has kept me such a busy busy bee:)
You can now view a special interview with my husband, Meran Abdullah about his story of survival in Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) during the Anfal Campaigns that Saddam Hussein waged against the Kurdish people in the late 80’s.
(Meran, my husband is in it, as well as his cousin, Kasar)
Also in the next month or so they will post pics of my husband and his family from their time in Turkish Refugee Camps (1988-1992). And they will have some additional footage that was not included in the documentary.
I have good news…and that is that lately I have been very Happy and content and less stressed! Alot of that has to do with the fact that things with my husband have been really good.
Like a month ago my friend was here and babysat. So I told my husband that we haven’t been out alone in ages so lets do something. So I got dressed up in my Hijabi best and he got all handsome too and we went out to dinner. It was so nice. We had the best time. It was like the old times, I was nervous and giggling and he was being goofy. We had the best conversation and could not stop looking at eachother and smiling. That was a great day!
It was amazing how that had effect on the rest of my life as well. I was more happy internally so I was better able to be a good mother and wife at home. The thing is that I am happy to be a stay-at-home mom most of the time. I am able to really raise my kids from infancy and mold them as I want and I have the freedom to be involved in my older kids lives more. It just that in the last couple years, especially when my husband was away translating and then ever since, I have just been always stressed out to the max and never found a way to relax and regroup.
So I am so thankful that lately my husband and I have found time for us even if its only once a year or every two years(in between we have the moments after the kids go to bed to spend time together), because it makes all the difference to me. To be reminded of our love for eachother is so nice. I truly love him so much as the father of my children and a husband. He is my prince charming!
Lately I have been allowing myself to destress and heal thru writing again…the other day when I was having an especially hard day to deal with I sat down and wrote this…
I love my family
but I live on the edge of sanity
Stress invades my every groove
Pushing harder and harder
Move! Move!
At almost every second my internal soul screams help,
yet I chose this path in life who can help me see it thru?
My love, my heart and soul, fails to get me at times so how can I hope…
I hope I can survive this,
yet I worry what will my kids think,
will they hate me for my moodiness and lack of consistency?
or will they understand the demon I fought,
my “jihad of the nafs”
Note: Jihad literally is Arabic for struggle…it can refer to a physical struggle, but religiously it ultimately refers to the inner struggle of the soul(nafs) between good and evil.
So far I have not lost that much and it is mostly my doing. I have not been getting enough exercise into my schedule and/or eating smaller portions and watching my consumption of sweets and carbonated beverages.
The weather here has also been a factor…mostly it has been overcast, rainy, and chilly, sometimes all 3 at the same time When the weather has been nice though I have been doing alot of walking at the Nashville Zoo. And when the boys were on spring break we went and checked out some parks we had never gone to and went walking there.
Portion size will be my target area this month. Learning to eat smaller portions and not be tempted to go back for seconds or thirds just cause there is food left.
And my biggest hurdle…learning that I don’t have to always finish my children’s food when they have leftovers!
I had intended to post at least weekly, but the boys were on spring break and then emotionally I have been up and down like a yo-yo.
I probably need to pursue getting my antidepressant meds again. I don’t know why but a part of me always resist using them, like they are a crutch I don’t need or something. At the same time I have witnessed how when I am on them I just seem to be able to handle my stress and worries a lot easier. So really I just need to give myself a kick in the bottom and go to the doc and get a new prescription.
Didn’t mean to go off on a tangent…but look for more posts cause I have been writing more in my freetime and have been meaning to share.
My youngest started walking about a month ago after being sick a couple times, but finally he is cruising everywhere “No hands” !!
The funny thing is you can’t wait for them to walk and then once they do they get into all kinds of mischief and you can hardly go pee without them finding something they shouldn’t get into:)
However, he is so cute that forgiveness comes easy.
When the weather has been nice though I have been doing alot of walking at the Nashville Zoo. And when the boys were on spring break we went and checked out some parks we had never gone to and went walking there.