Trauma – PTSD

Question:

Inshallah, Islam will reject fanaticism, fantasy, paranoia, terrorism and rise again to those glorious days of intellectual and scientific advance.

Didn’t Muslims invent the Hookah?  Very useful device for smoking a mixture of camel shit, cannabis, and opium. Funny thing, that was their last invention…

Response:

Inshallah, Islam will reject fanaticism, fantasy, paranoia, terrorism and rise again to those glorious days of intellectual and scientific advance.

Response:

…sadly many western children have been sucked into Islam and a early death. http://www.truthandgrace.com/muslimconvert.htm

Response:

SCIENCE IN ISLAM By Paul Lunde Islamic culture was pre-eminently a culture of the book. In the ninth century, the library of the  monasrry of St.Gall was the largest in Europe , it boasted 36 volumes. At the same time, that of- Cordaba- contained 500,000. It took much more than paper to create an intellectual and scientific culture like that of Islamic Spain. Islam which tolerance and encouragement of both secular and religious learning, created the necessary climate for the exchange of ideas. It has been estimated that today there are 250,000 Arabic manuscripts in Western and Eastern libraries, including private collections. Yet in the 10th century private libraries existed which contained as many as 500,000 books. Literally millions of books must have perished, and with them the achievements of a great many scholars and scientists, whose books, had they survived, might have changed the course of history. As it is now a tiny proportion of existing Arabic scientific texts have been studied , and it will take years to form a more exact idea of the contributions of Muslim scientists to history of ideas. http://web.mit.edu/mitmsa/www/NewSite/libstuff/nasr/nasrspeech1.html

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Once a ’sweet kid’, now a terror suspect August 12, 2005 – 2:14PM As a youth Mathew Stewart loved surfing and partying. Now he’s suspected of being an al-Qaeda terrorist. Known by his old school friends as a "sweet kid" with a stutter, the former soldier from the Sunshine Coast may be the masked man in the latest al-Qaeda video. The balaclava-clad figure in combat gear and holding an automatic rifle berates western values and calls on Britain and the United States to withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Stewart, who left the Australian Army psychologically scarred by his service in East Timor, hasn’t been seen by his family for four years. It’s suspected he went to Afghanistan shortly before the September 11 terrorist attacks to train with the al-Qaeda terror network. But his mother Vicki Stewart, who works in the Sunshine Coast property industry, says the man in the video released this week is not her son. A spokesman for Mrs Stewart confirmed the family had been contacted by the Australian Federal Police. "Mrs Stewart had been shown photos, and advised the federal police that it definitely was not Mathew. AdvertisementAdvertisement "The family supports the work done by the federal police and is still grieving over Mathew who disappeared without a trace four years ago." A friend of Mathew Stewart reportedly believes the man in the video released this week resembles and sounds like him. But Stewart’s brother Ryan today dismissed reports that his brother was the terror suspect as "bullshit". Stewart, who would now be 28, had been traumatised by events in East Timor, where he served for six months from 1999. The private with 2RAR regiment was among a group of diggers who discovered the mutilated body of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes in a Dili street. Stewart spent much of his tour of East Timor under psychiatric care for post traumatic stress disorder. He was also treated on his return from East Timor at the Army’s Gallipoli barracks in Brisbane and was kept on suicide watch at one time before being medically discharged. "In Dili there were dead bodies in the gutters, limbs, people who had been scalped," one former Army colleague said. "At the end of the day we received a grand total of zero counselling." Stewart left the Army aged 25 on July 8, 2001, following four years service. Less than a month later he flew out of Australia bound for Kuala Lumpur and hasn’t been heard of since. A statement issued by Defence Minister Robert Hill and then federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams in 2002 said it was believed Stewart had entered Afghanistan from Iran about August 8, 2001. Stewart attended Immanuel Lutheran College on the Sunshine Coast and he was known as an "quite a sensitive kid" who was an enthusiastic surfer. "He did have a bit of a stutter and he was a late developer, small for his age," one former school friend says. Before joining the Army, Stewart worked in construction and was a regular at nightclubs at beachfront Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. Stewart family spokesman Ron Smith says Mathew Stewart had never shown any interest in Islamic causes.

Response:

- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Once a ’sweet kid’, now a terror suspect August 12, 2005 – 2:14PM As a youth Mathew Stewart loved surfing and partying. Now he’s suspected of being an al-Qaeda terrorist. Known by his old school friends as a "sweet kid" with a stutter, the former soldier from the Sunshine Coast may be the masked man in the latest al-Qaeda video. The balaclava-clad figure in combat gear and holding an automatic rifle berates western values and calls on Britain and the United States to withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Stewart, who left the Australian Army psychologically scarred by his service in East Timor, hasn’t been seen by his family for four years. It’s suspected he went to Afghanistan shortly before the September 11 terrorist attacks to train with the al-Qaeda terror network. But his mother Vicki Stewart, who works in the Sunshine Coast property industry, says the man in the video released this week is not her son. A spokesman for Mrs Stewart confirmed the family had been contacted by the Australian Federal Police. "Mrs Stewart had been shown photos, and advised the federal police that it definitely was not Mathew. AdvertisementAdvertisement "The family supports the work done by the federal police and is still grieving over Mathew who disappeared without a trace four years ago." A friend of Mathew Stewart reportedly believes the man in the video released this week resembles and sounds like him. But Stewart’s brother Ryan today dismissed reports that his brother was the terror suspect as "bullshit". Stewart, who would now be 28, had been traumatised by events in East Timor, where he served for six months from 1999. The private with 2RAR regiment was among a group of diggers who discovered the mutilated body of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes in a Dili street. Stewart spent much of his tour of East Timor under psychiatric care for post traumatic stress disorder.

If this is true it’s a very sad case of Stockholm syndrome. The guy was traumatized by killing in East Timor (which it has to be said was in part a quasi-jihad against "rebellious infidels" by a Muslim army), then he follows the path of jihadis – the people who traumatized him. TEXT: Bin Laden statement broadcast on al-Jazeera TV [excerpt via Reuters]: "Look at the position of the Europeans and the United Nations towards events in Indonesia, when they moved to divide the biggest Muslim country in terms of population. This criminal Kofi Annan speaks publicly and puts pressure on the government of Indonesia, saying it had 24 hours to let go of East Timor. We should not look at this event as separate. It is part of a long chain of plots. It is a war of annihilation." * * * * * * * * * * * * New Zealand troops in East Timor told to stay alert WELLINGTON, Nov 5 (AFP) – Prime Minister Helen Clark Monday urged New Zealand soldiers in East Timor "to stay on alert" after threats from suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden to target United Nations peacekeepers there. http://www.etan.org/et2001c/november/04-10/05newz.htm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – He was also treated on his return from East Timor at the Army’s Gallipoli barracks in Brisbane and was kept on suicide watch at one time before being medically discharged. "In Dili there were dead bodies in the gutters, limbs, people who had been scalped," one former Army colleague said. "At the end of the day we received a grand total of zero counselling." Stewart left the Army aged 25 on July 8, 2001, following four years service. Less than a month later he flew out of Australia bound for Kuala Lumpur and hasn’t been heard of since. A statement issued by Defence Minister Robert Hill and then federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams in 2002 said it was believed Stewart had entered Afghanistan from Iran about August 8, 2001. Stewart attended Immanuel Lutheran College on the Sunshine Coast and he was known as an "quite a sensitive kid" who was an enthusiastic surfer. "He did have a bit of a stutter and he was a late developer, small for his age," one former school friend says. Before joining the Army, Stewart worked in construction and was a regular at nightclubs at beachfront Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. Stewart family spokesman Ron Smith says Mathew Stewart had never shown any interest in Islamic causes.

Response:

Once a ’sweet kid’, now a terror suspect August 12, 2005 – 2:14PM As a youth Mathew Stewart loved surfing and partying. Now he’s suspected of being an al-Qaeda terrorist. Known by his old school friends as a "sweet kid" with a stutter, the former soldier from the Sunshine Coast may be the masked man in the latest al-Qaeda video. The balaclava-clad figure in combat gear and holding an automatic rifle berates western values and calls on Britain and the United States to withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Stewart, who left the Australian Army psychologically scarred by his service in East Timor, hasn’t been seen by his family for four years. It’s suspected he went to Afghanistan shortly before the September 11 terrorist attacks to train with the al-Qaeda terror network. But his mother Vicki Stewart, who works in the Sunshine Coast property industry, says the man in the video released this week is not her son. A spokesman for Mrs Stewart confirmed the family had been contacted by the Australian Federal Police. "Mrs Stewart had been shown photos, and advised the federal police that it definitely was not Mathew. AdvertisementAdvertisement "The family supports the work done by the federal police and is still grieving over Mathew who disappeared without a trace four years ago." A friend of Mathew Stewart reportedly believes the man in the video released this week resembles and sounds like him. But Stewart’s brother Ryan today dismissed reports that his brother was the terror suspect as "bullshit". Stewart, who would now be 28, had been traumatised by events in East Timor, where he served for six months from 1999. The private with 2RAR regiment was among a group of diggers who discovered the mutilated body of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes in a Dili street. Stewart spent much of his tour of East Timor under psychiatric care for post traumatic stress disorder. He was also treated on his return from East Timor at the Army’s Gallipoli barracks in Brisbane and was kept on suicide watch at one time before being medically discharged. "In Dili there were dead bodies in the gutters, limbs, people who had been scalped," one former Army colleague said. "At the end of the day we received a grand total of zero counselling." Stewart left the Army aged 25 on July 8, 2001, following four years service. Less than a month later he flew out of Australia bound for Kuala Lumpur and hasn’t been heard of since. A statement issued by Defence Minister Robert Hill and then federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams in 2002 said it was believed Stewart had entered Afghanistan from Iran about August 8, 2001. Stewart attended Immanuel Lutheran College on the Sunshine Coast and he was known as an "quite a sensitive kid" who was an enthusiastic surfer. "He did have a bit of a stutter and he was a late developer, small for his age," one former school friend says. Before joining the Army, Stewart worked in construction and was a regular at nightclubs at beachfront Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. Stewart family spokesman Ron Smith says Mathew Stewart had never shown any interest in Islamic causes.

Response:

Related Posts