{"id":1446,"date":"2013-05-01T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/05\/faith-in-values-3-facts-about-religion-and-violent-extremism.html"},"modified":"2013-05-01T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T18:09:00","slug":"faith-in-values-3-facts-about-religion-and-violent-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/05\/faith-in-values-3-facts-about-religion-and-violent-extremism.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith in Values: 3 Facts About Religion and Violent Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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In the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, there was confusion and bewilderment about who the perpetrators were and what motivated them to kill innocent people. Speculation swirled amid the sorrow and grief as investigators examined daunting amounts of data and pursued leads. Local, state, and federal officials worked night and day and soon had photographs of two suspects. They released the photos to the public, hoping that someone would identify the two young men in sweatshirts and baseball caps, carrying backpacks filled with explosives.\u00a0Within hours they had names<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
The young men were\u00a0Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev<\/a>, brothers who came to this country from Kyrgystan with their family when Dzhokhar was 8 years old and Tamerlan was 15 years old. The family was Muslim, and in the months before the Boston bombings, the brothers spent time onradical Islamist websites<\/a>, and Tamerlan went to\u00a0Russia<\/a>\u00a0for six months. When this news made headlines, it triggered\u00a0intense speculation<\/a>\u00a0about connections between\u00a0Islam and terrorism<\/a>, the path of radicalization,\u00a0mosques<\/a>\u00a0as potential breeding grounds for violent extremism, \u00a0and more.<\/span><\/div>\n
All of these claims sound familiar. Without much variation, they echo similar claims made by pundits, politicians, and self-described experts after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Although we as a nation have made much\u00a0progress since then<\/a>\u00a0in learning the complexities of terrorism, fighting extremism, and devising targeted strategies to strengthen our security\u2014and although there is more\u00a0solidarity and understanding<\/a>\u00a0between Muslim and other communities than in 2001\u2014it is still important to rebut claims that were wrong back then and are still wrong today.<\/span><\/div>\n
Knowing the difference between speculation and reality is more than an academic exercise. After the Boston bombings, there were reported acts of\u00a0violence and intimidation<\/a>\u00a0against American Muslims, as well as\u00a0vandalism against mosques<\/a>. In such a heated atmosphere, facts are critically important. Here are some facts to help set the record straight.<\/span><\/div>\n
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