TIL that after an Egyptian man witnessed US lawncare practices and heard the song "Baby it's Cold Outside" he became so incensed with American culture he went home and invented Salafi jihadism (qz.com)

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Completely understandable how those things could drive a person over the edge tbh

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[-] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 23 points 10 months ago

I personally feel like the centuries long western imperialist intervention in the Middle East and North Africa had more to do with the growth of jihad, but maybe it was Bob Hope

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