My Favorite New Word
Aired 6/21/06 My Favorite New Word 
Having learned this new word called Takfiri I hit the search engines and web and gained some interesting insights. This sub-cult of Islam counts as its followers just about all the top names in Terrorism. Which is not surprising because if you were to design a set of doctrines specifically to justify terrorism this would be it. Not only that but the predecessors of the Takfiri in the Mideast go back centuries. The predecessors of this cult were the root of the English word assassin. Which brings back the point that talking about having a 'war on terrorism' makes as much sense as having a 'war on assassination'.
Having learned this new word called Takfiri I hit the search engines and web and gained some interesting insights. This sub-cult of Islam counts as its followers just about all the top names in Terrorism. Which is not surprising because if you were to design a set of doctrines specifically to justify terrorism this would be it. Not only that but the predecessors of the Takfiri in the Mideast go back centuries. The predecessors of this cult were the root of the English word assassin. Which brings back the point that talking about having a 'war on terrorism' makes as much sense as having a 'war on assassination'.
posted by Daniel Raymond at 11:56 AM
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