Posted: Jun 14, 2017 4:52 am
by quas
Mazille wrote:The premise is dumb and obviously false, depending on how you define "benefit".


He defined benefit as gaining more conversion for both moderates and radicals. It's true that acts of terrorism have drawn people to study Islam, and as a result of that, got converted. It's also true that acts of terrorism gave rise to Ben Affleck types that, in their zeal to defend Muslims, are eager to chastise those who hold Islam culpable for terrorism, and thus in effect censor criticism of Islam.