Reflections from the Social Sciences on the Possible Causes of Abusing Muslim Prisoners of War
The entire civilized world has been shocked by the many abuses perpetrated against Muslim prisoners of war by members of the Allied Forces, chiefly the United Kingdom and the United States. Here, the author, a former commander of Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) units in the U.S. Army Reserve and author...
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oai:doaj.org-article:29aff50a2eae41ad9ab0e3432dc0bd8e2021-12-02T19:41:23ZReflections from the Social Sciences on the Possible Causes of Abusing Muslim Prisoners of War10.35632/ajis.v23i4.15942690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/29aff50a2eae41ad9ab0e3432dc0bd8e2006-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1594https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The entire civilized world has been shocked by the many abuses perpetrated against Muslim prisoners of war by members of the Allied Forces, chiefly the United Kingdom and the United States. Here, the author, a former commander of Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) units in the U.S. Army Reserve and author of several military articles on the importance of treating prisoners properly, reflects upon the sociological and psychological causes of such unjust, unlawful, and tragic abuse. One possible cause is the adoption of a pragmatic social exchange theory approach, rather than a moral approach, to the humane treatment of enemy prisoners: If the enemy does not hold many prisoners, there is less reason, under a pragmatic approach, to reject abuse (“They cannot get back at us by abusing our people they have captured because they have almost none.”) ... Walter R. SchummInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 23, Iss 4 (2006) |
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The entire civilized world has been shocked by the many abuses
perpetrated against Muslim prisoners of war by members of the
Allied Forces, chiefly the United Kingdom and the United States.
Here, the author, a former commander of Enemy Prisoner of War
(EPW) units in the U.S. Army Reserve and author of several military
articles on the importance of treating prisoners properly,
reflects upon the sociological and psychological causes of such
unjust, unlawful, and tragic abuse. One possible cause is the adoption
of a pragmatic social exchange theory approach, rather than a
moral approach, to the humane treatment of enemy prisoners: If
the enemy does not hold many prisoners, there is less reason,
under a pragmatic approach, to reject abuse (“They cannot get
back at us by abusing our people they have captured because they
have almost none.”) ...
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