Atlas Shrugs / July 25, 2010 _A new German study shows that boys growing up in pious Muslim families are more likely to be violent _ (http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=48333581&f=26412&u=13042656&c=3867894) It is logical: boys growing up in devout Muslim families are more likely to be violent. Of course, it's the jihad, stupid. But this led the crippling politically correct researcher, Christian Pfeiffer, to tie himself all up in knots to place the blame anywhere but where it belongs -- on the violent ideology that inspires jihad. He practically soiled himself straining for nonsensical conclusions: "This led him to conclude that there was not a direct link between Islamic belief and violence, but an indirect one. He pointed to Christian teachings which justified domestic violence and male dominance of society for a long time. Nuts. Pfeiffer said he thought the responsibility for the macho culture lay with Imams in Germany, who he said usually come from abroad and often cannot speak German or have much understanding of the culture. We have to prevent attempts at integration from being destroyed by Imams who preach Turkish provincial stories and a reactionary male image, said Pfeiffer. He concluded that Germans should reconsider how they treat Muslims, noting that there had been a damaging loss of trust since the September 11 attacks in 2001. Uh, and what's his pathetic excuse for the rest of the worldwide jihad? A new German study shows that boys growing up in pious Muslim families are more likely to be violent. ... A new German study shows that boys growing up in pious Muslim families are more likely to be violent. The study, which involved intensive questioning of 45,000 teenagers from 61 towns and regions across the country, was conducted by Christian Pfeiffer of the criminal research institute of Lower Saxony.
Pfeiffer was quick to assure the deutsche Zeitung newspaper that he was not a racist or ˜Islamophobe and that, in fact, he had been dismayed by the results of the survey. Pfeiffer's work took into account the level of education and standard of living in the families of the children , aged between 14 and 16 who were questioned. He also asked them how religious they considered themselves, and how integrated they felt in Germany. Pfeiffer said that even when other social factors were taken into account, there remained a significant correlation between religiosity and readiness to use violence. There were some positive correlations too he said, noting that young religious Muslims were much less likely than their non-Muslim counterparts to drink alcohol or to steal from shops. The increased likelihood to use violence was restricted to Muslim boys, Pfeiffer said , Muslim girls were only as likely to be violent as non-Muslim girls. ======================================================== [ Not exactly a surprise, jihad, in the Qur'an , is essentially supposed to be a male activity. however, women are supposed to be supportive. Looks like the questions did not even attempt to factor in this supportiveness --BR ] -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
