1.0Norman Finkelsteinhttp://www.normanfinkelstein.comAhmad Abdolsahebhttp://www.normanfinkelstein.com/author/ahmadcom/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2Zse4BNDGk"><a href="http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/the-perpetrators-were-likely-only-using-islam-as-a-pretext-to-commit-acts-of-violence-said-olivier-roy-a-former-consultant-to-the-french-foreign-ministry-and-professor-at-the-european-universi/">"The perpetrators were likely only using Islam as a pretext to commit acts of violence, said Olivier Roy, a former consultant to the French Foreign Ministry and professor at the European University Institute. "The people who say [the perpetrators] are radicalized by politics or Palestine — that’s not the case. If that were the case, we would have thousands of radicalized….[W]hat we find is a Columbine phenomenon,…young people who open fire in public to kill as many as possible. They are fascinated with violence,” he said, adding that popular video games often feed into the bloodlust. Islam was just a “pretext."</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/the-perpetrators-were-likely-only-using-islam-as-a-pretext-to-commit-acts-of-violence-said-olivier-roy-a-former-consultant-to-the-french-foreign-ministry-and-professor-at-the-european-universi/embed/#?secret=2Zse4BNDGk" width="600" height="338" title="“"The perpetrators were likely only using Islam as a pretext to commit acts of violence, said Olivier Roy, a former consultant to the French Foreign Ministry and professor at the European University Institute. "The people who say [the perpetrators] are radicalized by politics or Palestine — that’s not the case. If that were the case, we would have thousands of radicalized….[W]hat we find is a Columbine phenomenon,…young people who open fire in public to kill as many as possible. They are fascinated with violence,” he said, adding that popular video games often feed into the bloodlust. Islam was just a “pretext."” — Norman Finkelstein" data-secret="2Zse4BNDGk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script>