In his eyes, the US was a cesspool of wasteful consumption, exaggerated sex and crass materialism

[barryqwalsh]

Born in an Egyptian village in 1906, Qutub received a scholarship to study the American educational system. He spent two years in Colorado and California, but travelled widely and was appalled by what he saw. In his eyes, the US was a cesspool of wasteful consumption, exaggerated sex and crass materialism.

Back then, he argued Muslims had to reinstate the pattern and practices announced by Muhammad in the 7th Century. That is, Muslims had to go back to the original pattern, Muhammad's community, to correct such excesses.

His view informed the Isil statement of responsibility for the Paris savagery last weekend. That statement referred to such a cultured city as a "capital of prostitution and obscenity" and the Bataclan concert as a "profligate prostitution party."

Paris shows the West has become a soft touch in this clash of civilisations - Independent.ie

 

[B. Kidd]

Then Las Vegas has a giant bullseye on it, fer' sure!

 

[barryqwalsh]

I suspect many Americans would agree with him on,
"wasteful consumption, exaggerated sex and crass materialism", but Islamic extremism would be a cure worse than the disease.

 

[Blackrook]

Fuck this guy. He complains about all the usual bullshit, but forgets that Americans are among the most generous people in the world. And if you want to figure out who's most sexually depraved, look at the Arabs who openly engage in pedophilia with young boys.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I suspect many Americans would agree with him on,
"wasteful consumption, exaggerated sex and crass materialism", but Islamic extremism would be a cure worse than the disease.

But muslims think eating pork is wasteful consumption, looking at a woman's head is exaggerated sex and indoor plumbing is crass materialism.