Stockholm Syndrome, writ large.
Stockholm Syndrome, writ large.
Possibly, but not certainly.People do convert to Islam without such experience, so it's not so easy to just write it off as Stockholm syndrome. That said, Stockholm syndrome is a possibility.
Stockholm Syndrome is a strong possibility.
Sure, people convert to Islam, but they do it on their own, voluntarily. Stockholm Syndrome is one where a hostage (usually a woman) falls in love with a man (usually her hostage taker). The parallels between Stockholm Syndrome and this incidence are striking.
Possibly, but not certainly.People do convert to Islam without such experience, so it's not so easy to just write it off as Stockholm syndrome. That said, Stockholm syndrome is a possibility.
I was watching the clip and it is indeed interesting - she's made quite a journey. Would I have come to the same results at the end of a similar journey? I don't know. What stuck me - and I realize that on the surface it is indeed a small thing. But she and her mother were discussing her refusal to shake - I think it was the Duke of Kent's hand. She says it was because she was a Muslim. Her mother then replies that she had shaken other people s hands, and one clip shows her shaking Yassir Arafat's hand, to which she replies,that she was not a Muslim when she did that.
Well, if one converts while forcibly held against her will, the chances of he/she doing so willingly are slim to none.
I was watching the clip and it is indeed interesting - she's made quite a journey. Would I have come to the same results at the end of a similar journey? I don't know. What stuck me - and I realize that on the surface it is indeed a small thing. But she and her mother were discussing her refusal to shake - I think it was the Duke of Kent's hand. She says it was because she was a Muslim. Her mother then replies that she had shaken other people s hands, and one clip shows her shaking Yassir Arafat's hand, to which she replies,that she was not a Muslim when she did that.
Here's my issue- she thought enough about shaking hands with a man (and she is a recent convert), that she would not shake hands with that aristocrat. But Yassir Arafat - a man that professed to be an observant Muslim - had absolutely NO problem shaking hands - with a woman - this man portrayed himself a devote Muslim --yet he would betray his 'beliefs'for a photo op?
I truly wish this woman peace - I wish I could just read something and accept it but I can't. Why isn't she questioning the actions of those who claim to be devote followers - who are3 also leaders - of the path she's chosen to follow? And why isn't she questioning the leadership of said faith? Why is it ok for the observant Muslim Arafat to touch a woman journalist, but a Muslim woman journalist cannot even shake the hand on a man? I truly don't understand....
Well, if one converts while forcibly held against her will, the chances of he/she doing so willingly are slim to none.
Would she have converted if she wasn't kidnapped by these scumbags?
If she was set free, what other inducement but her own free will and honour would compel her to read the Quaran. Stolkholm Syndrome?
Her keeping her promise to study the Qur'an might have been induced by something similar or related to the Stockholm Syndrome. But it's inconceivable that she'd adopt another religion, which naturally involves a life-changing experience, over just the Stockholm syndrome.
Besides, according to the link on the Stockholm syndrome, it has to do with developing some emotional attachment to her captors. There is no indication of that in the video, and abiding by Islamic laws in her daily life would involve a focus on the Qur'an, not her captors, so it's highly unlikely that the conversion itself stems from anything similar to the Stockholm syndrome. Again, she's never defended her captors from what I could see.