From manipulation to extremism, the way of indoctrination
Nowadays, the radicalization of some people's mindsetting (and their actions orientation towards extremism) is something quite important to discuss and to understand. The most notorious aspect of this is the growing phenomenon of Islam extremism since it still leads to terrorism on a world scale. However, it would an error to limit considerations just to Muslim extremists. In fact, the ways used to indoctrinate people are not new and they have less to do with religion and more with psychology. Manipulate people into believing your truth Indeed, any extremism is based on manipulating faithful people: and before that, on manipulating people to lead them to have faith. Then, how does it come that faith, starting innocent, can be perverted into something so much more sinister? How does it become the foundation on which people are brought to the extremist side of things like politic and religion (and not just Islam's)? 1 So you are alone with them, with...