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arguably, if good people ever do bad things, they were probably not so good from the beginning. in any case, mass psychology explains why "good" people (at least alone) may remorselessly commit terrible things. religion is hardly the only explanation (or excuse) for that; many collective beliefs (dogmas) might perfectly be used for that, even by atheists. it is my understanding that the fanaticism & motivations of the 9/11 hijackers were primarily nationalist ("arab"); the idea seemingly was that the killing of all that people (including many muslims) would in some perverted way help the palestinians and other arab populations.
have they been fervent muslims, they would have never ever killed themselves; period.
irrespectively of the mechanism, faith seems to have some positive effects in some people
have they been fervent muslims, they would have never ever killed themselves; period.
irrespectively of the mechanism, faith seems to have some positive effects in some people
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