Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Sudden Jihad Denial Syndrome

Psychological researchers have recently documented a hitherto unidentified mental disorder which they are terming “Sudden Jihad Denial Syndrome.” Sufferers seem to experience a severe split from reality and they make strange non-sequitur statements, typically involving the idea that anyone with mental problems is automatically disqualified from being a Jihadist or the idea that Jihad is only carried out by groups, but not individuals. Sufferers of SJDS will deny that Jihad is involved even when the Jihadist himself claims to be a “terrorist.”

There does appear to be some hope for SJDS sufferers, however. A new therapeutic technique has been developed in which the therapist puts on a replica of a bomb-belt, shouts “Allahu akhbar!” and then asks, “Am I a terrorist?” A patient responding in the affirmative will then be asked to evaluate other violent scenarios, ones involving SUVs, for instance. Hopefully the patient can make progress towards recognizing that Jihad need not always be an inner spiritual struggle and can sometimes even involve violence.

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