shudda stayed wid da circus

[Jon Ford]

Harry-- I wouldn't say he exactly "ran away to join the Taliban"--he ran off 
on a religious quest to Pakestan, and wound up a Taliban. His case is really 
interesting, particularly to those of us familiar with cult groups and how 
they transform their followers. Here is a very bright, well-educated youth 
of privilege, neither of whose parents are Muslims-- just the opposite of 
most of the international Talaban fanatics, many of whom are Muslin youth 
from desperately poor backgrounds -- but his background is similar to that 
of many cult-group members in the US who strart off as spiritual questers 
and wind up hooked on some obscure and exploitive doctrine.

Jon



>From: Harry Edwards <hedwards@gstype.com>
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: shudda stayed wid da circus
>Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:15:09 -0600 (CST)
>
>For a report on the kid who ran away to join the Taliban, check this out:
>
>
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/12/04/MN80908.DTL
>
>
>Harry
>
>
>


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