“Hasan Sabbah’s Alamut nation built on the basis of peace, equality and equal distribution lasted for 176 years. Alamut was a nation stretching from the Pamir mountains to the southeastern Mediterranean and Palestine governed by 300 head, who worked in coordination without private property, under fort settlements called “Dar ul Hijar” (migrant homes

“Hasan Sabbah did not train assassins (killers), not did he establish a narcotic heaven in his fortress nation as claimed by his enemies. But the fact that his enemies (the Sunni Baghdad Caliphs, the Selchuk Sultans, Crusaders, Mongols) were superior in numbers, propagated his Alamut defense in a guerrilla image. It is known that Hasan Sabbah trained an armed unit of select warriors (fedayin). Contrary to these “fedayin” claims, assassinations were conducted only against officials, who were oppressors.”

“Hasan Sabbah’s Alamut nation built on the basis of peace, equality and equal distribution lasted for 176 years. Alamut was a nation stretching from the Pamir mountains to the southeastern Mediterranean and Palestine governed by 300 head, who worked in coordination without private property, under fort settlements called “Dar ul Hijar” (migrant homes

“Hasan Sabbah did not train assassins (killers), not did he establish a narcotic heaven in his fortress nation as claimed by his enemies. But the fact that his enemies (the Sunni Baghdad Caliphs, the Selchuk Sultans, Crusaders, Mongols) were superior in numbers, propagated his Alamut defense in a guerrilla image. It is known that Hasan Sabbah trained an armed unit of select warriors (fedayin). Contrary to these “fedayin” claims, assassinations were conducted only against officials, who were oppressors.”

Said Ibrahim was also reported to have grown a beard and to have begun wearing traditional dress. A neighbour of Ibrahim, Sarah Scott, age 23, who lives two doors down from the Stanmore home Ibrahim used to live with his parents, described a conversation they had last November. “We were standing outside our houses chatting. He asked me if I was religious and I said I did not believe in anything. He said I should. He told me he was going to get 80 virgins when he got to heaven if he praised Allah.

The fact of the matter was that it was the rival Sunni Muslim and adverse Christian Sects that were the enemies of Alamut and the Ismailis, and it was they who spread the “Assassin” myths about the drugs and the gardens. Simply fake.

today, it’s nearly impossible to kill the tyrants and their couriers – not only do they have the best protection money can buy, but killing the leader of one administration won’t mean an end to neo-colonial meddling in the arab-muslim world.

one might also argue that even ‘innocent people’ are responsible for said policies in ways that weren’t true in previous centuries – after all, it’s believed we live in a democracy, and that the authority of our leaders is only legitimate pending the approval of the majority. in the past, it was believed that a king was appointed by god over a given territory, and the people had only to obey. in short, it’s only a difference in tactics.

i’m talking about the sikhs and muslims that do dress old school. Ask any Sikh in the US what they felt like after 9/11 as everyone accused them of being Taliban and they were getting beaten up and killed. That won’t make news here bcuz as i’ve said before, hate crimes only happen when the victims are black, or sometimes latino.

Fine, point taken. I still think it’s a misleading analogy, but whatever.

My bad, I saw the two as interchangeable. My point stands though – “young LTTE supporters in North America” aren’t involved in terrorism. No suicide bombings have been carried out by them and you have no proof that they have “amplified” the views of their parents. So don’t equate them with the london bombers.