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Sudden Jihad Syndrome is a term coined by Daniel Pipes to describe Muslims that suddenly or unexpectedly turn against civilized, Western society and engage in acts of terror.[1] Pipes has argued that due to this phenomenon all Muslims must be considered potential terrorists.[2]

Examples include:

  • John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo, the so-called Washington snipers. John Allen Muhammad was a Muslim convert, but some people allege that his motivations may not have been religious.[3][4]
  • Ali Hassan Abu Kamal, a Palestinian school teacher who engaged in a shooting rampage on top of the Empire State Building. He killed one and wounded six before taking his own life.[5]
  • Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, an American Muslim born in Tehran who ran over students at the University of North Carolina to punish the United States. Taheri-azar was the first terrorist to be explicitly called an example of Sudden Jihad Syndrome by Daniel Pipes.[6]
  • Mujtaba Rabbani Jabbar who shot up a movie theater in Baltimore.,[7] * Rashid Baz, a Lebanese can driver living in New York City who shot at a van full of Orthodox Jews.[8] In a burst of political correctness, the FBI initially refused to label this act a terrorist act.[8]
  • Sulejman Talovic, a Bosnian Muslim, opened fire in a Salt Lake City mall, killing five people before being shot dead by police.[9]

In another Example of Bias in Wikipedia, Wikipedia has refused to allow any article on this topic[10][11] and even refused to let an editor work on a draft for a rewrite of the article.[12]


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