It seems that westerners are always searching for spirituality. For years now, many are into the pop versions of Asian religions and philosophies. They preach a lot of good things too: hone your mind, improve your body, mind over matter, self confidence. The ideal person according to this pop culture is the lone warrior fighting against all odds using ancient techniques secretly preserved by monks. It’s in all the martial arts movies made over the years.

Sadly, after the September 11th attacks, there has been a rising interest in Islam, coming mainly from the bleeding heart, blame America first, youth. There is something very appealing about the spirituality of complete submission. Groupthink, lack of individual responsibility. That must be why the totalitarial regimes in the past century had a lot of popular support.

But here is the really scary thought: Imagine, God forbid, that Islam spreads through the West. What will martial arts movies look like then? Instead of samurai and nunchakus, you’ll see young mujahids pelting people with stones, or better yet shahids selflessly blowing themselves up to liberate Spain. Of course, it will all be highly stylized, with crying widows and pretty suicide belts. What an edge-of-the-seat tear-jerker.