SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency) – ISIS executor Mohammad Emwazi known as ‘Jihadi John’ a graduate and once law abide citizen has been in the lime light and much has been discussed about him. Naturally many questions emerge, such as how an educated man could end up in the clutches of ISIS? What would motivate such a person to travel to Syria and to become an executor for this militia movement? The Western narrative is simple to say the least, in that this young man was radicalized by Islamic ideology, which created within him much disgust and hatred for the West leading him to shift to Syria and do what he has done. Infact West has nothing else to say except to blame Islamic ideology and Islamic radicalization. And infact it is tantamount to a pot calling the kettle black. West never intended to confess that there anti-Islam policies and Islamophobia is the root of all the Islamic radicalization.
According to details, ‘Jihadi John’ had found a job in Kuwait, the country of his birth and had made plans to marry, so had set up a new life for himself and was looking forward to moving on with his life. On his way to Kuwait he was stopped at Heathrow by M15 personnel and interrogated for 6 hours. In this process, he was mistreated, thrown to the ground, pushed against the wall, his belongings were searched and all the information from his phone was taken. After this ordeal, he was released, with a promise to board a flight the next day. On his arrival to the airport, he realized that his visa had been refused by the airlines and by contacting the Kuwaiti embassy he was to find out that M15 had been instrumental in his visa request being turned down to travel to Kuwait. On top of this, he faced consistent harassment from M15, with threats to his life if he did not become an informant for the intelligence services. The email correspondence documents how ‘Jihadi John’ would feel so suffocated and isolated by the harassment he was facing and with no one to turn to, that he contemplated committing suicide. This was the state of his mind, or the extent to which he had been pushed by the M15. Now, having understood this, did Islamic ideology play a part in the anger and frustration that was built up in the young man? Did Islamic ideology motivate him to join ISIS? Did Islamic ideology drive him to Syria? It seems that the externalities that the young man had experienced over a four year period were the fundamental motivating factors and driving forces that led him to Syria and joining ISIS. However, quite conveniently, this context and paradigm has been completely missed by the Western media and political class, which has come out in defence of the intelligence services, which is not completely surprising as that would in effect expose the state itself and its involvement in radicalization.
Now who should be blamed Islamic Ideology or bigotry of West? Islamic teachings or the hatred of West against Muslims? Abuse of power by the Western intelligence agencies or Islamic radical groups? West must take the responsibility on its shoulder rather than blaming Islamic ideology and Muslims.
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