The Islamic Terraces.

Iraqi Sonnys kicked off the second half before the international ref found his whistle and the Sheas are already back defending their box. The Islamic Football league plays the glorious game with IDEs and rocket launchers as if in some futuristic dystopian blockbuster. Roosevelt’s warning about the military/industrial complex isn’t far off the mark even though he didn’t have the Arab states in mind at the time. It is though reflected in Islam’s conflation of religion, state, law and jihad. It fills the terraces with those who worship the game, are zealous club supporters and have full permission of the manager to use anything sharp or explosive they can lay their hands on. Turn and turn about Shia’s, Sonnys and Alawites have grabbed state power to suppress whichever is the other two. It’s the bad years of football hooliganism with added incendiaries. So it’s difficult to know who you’re dealing with with Muslims. Some see it as a religion akin to Christianity, some as the best foundation of state and legal system, and some as their fundamental right to make war with whomever they choose. This intellectual amalgamation of war and peace into one unified whole is a 1,500 year old example of double-think, but then throughout history almost all factions have at times pursued war in the name of peace. The only surety is that oppression sooner or later will come back to bite you when the tide of time turns. So what’s the answer? Well if you haven’t already guessed, it’s all seater stadiums.