The Channel Project was set up in the wake of the 7th July terrorist attacks in London. In June 2008 the project had identified 10 children at risk of being turned to violence. By March last year that figure had increased to 200.It is very sad yet enraging that there are deluded and irrational Muslim men throwing a stranglehold of superstition on these innocent, young minds. To molest a child's mind to such a degree to have the child write “I want to be a suicide bomber” is inhuman, disgusting, and vile. And this is done for what? For faith? This is what sickens me most about faith...as long as you "deeply" believe something and say it has some sort of meaning to you then it is OK to take such actions that demonstrate that faith and also introduce it to others.
Of course, when Christians here of stories like this they say it's just those damn crazy extremists. I speak of Christians for they make up the majority of religious people in the United States of America and the people I am most likely to occur in my daily life. Unfortunately, it is not easy for Christians to see that any kind of faith can lead to this derangement. They will say that the Muslim extremists are tainting the Islamic religion (the one they already see as "wrong") and that sort of thing would not occur with Christianity. Well, you see, there lies the problem. They are not doing something silly because they are, in fact, acting in accordance with their beliefs.
The whole issue I am so violently bothered by is faith itself. Like Christianity, Islam has certain pieces in its grand 100,000 piece puzzle that call for heinous acts and behaviors. One of the most notorious of these pieces is the all-too-well-known Jihad. Over the past decade, Jihad has been seen in action on both sides of the Atlanic. This "struggle" of deluded hordes will not end any time soon and will only continue to grow as long as people are bowing five times a day and submitting themselves to Allah.
I really hope that The Channel Project can do its part to help the children of Britain and indirectly help children around the world to be safeguarded from the quickly spreading virus that is Islam. I say Islam is the virus, not just extremism, because Islam requires the most important part of religion-faith. Faith is to blame for these young children and teenagers wishing to become suicide bombers. Faith is to blame for much insanity, chaos, and destruction all over Earth.
When we, as humans, overcome faith we will have done ourselves and every other being on this planet the greatest of favors.
