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Discussion: Jihadists: "Trump presidency will make recruitment easy"
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Jihadists: "Trump presidency will make recruitment easy"
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From Afghanistan to Algeria, jihadists plan to use Donald Trump's shock U.S. presidential victory as a propaganda tool to bring new fighters to their battlefields.
Taliban commanders and Islamic State supporters say Trump's campaign trail rhetoric against Muslims - at one point calling for a total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States - will play perfectly in their recruitment efforts, especially for disaffected youth in the West.
"This guy is a complete maniac. His utter hate towards Muslims will make our job much easier because we can recruit thousands," Abu Omar Khorasani, a top IS commander in Afghanistan, told Reuters.
Trump has talked tough against militant groups on the campaign trail, promising to defeat "radical Islamic terrorism just as we won the Cold War."
The president-elect later toned down his call for a total ban on Muslim entry to say he would temporarily suspend immigration from countries that have "a history of exporting terrorism."
But he has offered few details on his plans to combat various radical groups, including IS, the Taliban and al Qaeda, which represent a wide spectrum of political views.
"He does not differentiate between extremist and moderate Islamist trends and, at the same time, he overlooks (the fact) that his extremism will generate extremism in return," Iraq's powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said in a statement.
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U.S. officials have warned the country will likely face a higher risk of similar attacks as IS urges supporters to launch attacks at home instead of joining its fight in the Middle East.
"Our leaders were closely following the U.S. election but it was unexpected that the Americans will dig their own graves and they did so," said IS's Khorasani, who described President Barack Obama as a moderate infidel with at least a little brain in comparison to Trump.
Al Qaeda, which has proven resilient more than 15 years after launching the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon, has yet to comment on Trump's victory.
The militant group will likely respond after Trump's first speeches as president, anticipating they will be able to exploit his comments to win support, said Hisham al Hashemi, who advises the Iraqi government on Sunni jihadist movements.
"Al Qaeda is known for its recruitment strategy that heavily quotes speeches of the White House and other Western officials," he told Reuters.
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Trump's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the statements from the militants.
Even if Trump tones down his anti-Muslim comments when he takes office in January, analysts say his statements during the campaign trail were enough to fuel the militants' propaganda machine.
"Militants will still use those quotes," said Matthew Henman, head of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre.
"The key thing militant groups, particularly Islamic State and al Qaeda, depend on for recruitment purposes is convincing Muslims in the Western world that the West hates them and won't ever accept them as part of their society."
A senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan said the group, whose resurgence is undermining efforts to end America's longest war, had kept track of all of Trump's speeches and anti-Muslim comments.
"If he does what he warned in his election campaign, I am sure it will provoke Muslim Ummah (community) across the world and jihadi organizations can exploit it," said the militant leader, who declined to be identified because of strict Taliban policy that only its official spokesman can make statements.
Shortly after Trump's victory, several jihadist sympathizers took to social media to declare this as an opportunity for their cause.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN1390FO
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Not on my watch
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we'll see about that
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It's funny how we accepted that oppressed muslims can turn to mass terrorism. Pretty telling tbh, thank god not every oppresed minorities resort to that.
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This makes it worse for them. How much destruction to these people want! Their land is ruble and they nearly live in the Stone Age.
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The more oppression Muslims (and other people) live under, the bigger the chance of them turning evil or against society. It's true
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Originally posted by Chanel4
The more oppression Muslims (and other people) live under, the bigger the chance of them turning evil or against society. It's true
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Which other oppresed minority organized in order to launch global scale terrorism ?
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Originally posted by FBF
It's funny how we accepted that oppressed muslims can turn to mass terrorism. Pretty telling tbh, thank god not every oppresed minorities resort to that.
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That's because of racism. People treat Muslims\Arabs like animals, with no freedom of choice, just animal instinct.
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Is this supposed to scare Americans or something? If extremist attack America, they're only doing themselves a disservice by making Trump seem right.
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"He does not differentiate between extremist and moderate Islamist trends and, at the same time, he overlooks (the fact) that his extremism will generate extremism in return," Iraq's powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said in a statement.
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And Islamic extremism will generate extremism in return.
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Originally posted by FBF
Which other oppresed minority organized in order to launch global scale terrorism ?
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Maybe not terrorism but I'm referring to other minorities that go against society. That's mainly why minorities are more imprisoned and do illegal actions. Because racism and our society being against them. It makes them more inclined to act violently against the society that has turned on them. And also in more cases people that do Isis aren't extremist Muslims but are people who feel like they have no place in our society and have it harder to integrate with it.
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Originally posted by Chanel4
The more oppression Muslims (and other people) live under, the bigger the chance of them turning evil or against society. It's true
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Exactly.
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That's because of racism. People treat Muslims\Arabs like animals, with no freedom of choice, just animal instinct.
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Why is there 0 black supremacy or something terrorist organization then ?
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Nnnn. I'm pretty sure it will.
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Originally posted by FBF
Why is there 0 black supremacy or something terrorist organization then ?
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Not all minorities will create a terrorist organization (  )
Isis and other terrorist organization are mostly created for the purpose for the downfall of the western societies. Especially America as they have wronged the Middle East too much. Lbr. @bush
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Originally posted by FBF
Why is there 0 black supremacy or something terrorist organization then ?
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I was referring to the first sentence of your post.
I'm not sure why are the differences.
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Originally posted by FBF
Why is there 0 black supremacy or something terrorist organization then ?
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They literally planted bombs and committed murders.
Their goals were reactionary protest violence against white supremacy though, not religious doctrine.
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Anyone with a brain could have seen this coming
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Originally posted by Chanel4
The more oppression Muslims (and other people) live under, the bigger the chance of them turning evil or against society. It's true
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Why don't oppressed women/gays/atheists/christians/jews etc in muslim countries create terrorist organisations and blow themselves up? 
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