Radical Islam?

Question

What are some ways we can show the Muslims of the world that we are not against them, that we can encourage them to be more social with the West and yet still keep a proactive policy towards Radical Islam.

What are some ways we can encourage Muslims to speak out against Radical Islam and do more to root out the radical sects from within?

Answer 1

To fight and win in Iraq and Afghanistan. To ensure that we support Israel, and also support the more moderate Muslims like Abbas. If we will give them overwhelming support, and help them create a safe home for them and their families, then we can solve the problem. Then, and then alone, will more and more moderates come to their senses and see that we are really trying to help them, and that their best hope is outside of violence and hatred towards us.

Answer 2

The problem is not communication, it is religion.

All extremists in all religions have justification in their holy books. Of course, holy books contradict themselves, which is another argument against ancient, destructive dogma that only separates us from one another--but the point is, for every passage that reads "be loving and forgiving," there is another that reads "there is nothing more righteous than killing in my name." So there is actually no way for a moderate of any religion to honestly disown extremists.

Radical Muslims claim they are the keepers of the "true faith," and that moderates are actually not Muslims. The Bible was used to justify the crusades and for many decades in America, to defend slavery. In Northern Ireland, people were blowing each other up for a long time just for being the wrong kind of Christian. The Croat/Serb war, similarly, was a conflict between Catholics and Orthodox Christians.

The answer is secularism and the rule of law. Religion is not rational. You can't reason with people who believe they are on special missions from their deity.

Answer 3

That is a big feat! First of all, no matter what we do, whether protect Muslims from genocide in Kosovo, or feed the hundreds of starving children in Afghanistan, they will still be against us. Reason is, since we are not Muslim, we are considered "infidels". That makes it very hard to relate to people of that religion, since they see us as worthy of being killed. And I am sure there are those Muslims that are not radical, if they spoke out against the radicals, their lives and the lives of their loved ones will be in great danger. What we can hope is that perhaps in a few generations, our grand kids will be able to relate to one another without being classified as infidels or anything of the sort.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, that does not seem possible. I think that a clear majority of Muslims are at least sympathetic towards the Islamofascists.

Answer 5

Simple--start doing the same ourselves. The West-and theUS in particular--is infected with a religiousl right just as bigoted, intolerant, and violent as radical Islam. Don't expect the majority of decent Muslims to take us seriously until we start putting our own hous in order.

BTW--yes--the religious right--in the US and elsewhere--are jsut as violent. It was these so-called Christians who were the perpetrators of the ethnic cleansing and mass rapes in the Balkans in the 1990s--and also (in the US) are also responsible (specifically Bush and his supporters) for invading Iraq on false pretenses, continue to support that war, and continue to call for more attacks on Muslim countries.

Answer 6

if we would have done everything oppositely, we shouldn't have gone to Afghanistan and Iraq, condemn actions that we know it offends them, IE; giving Rushdie a prize of knighthood for his book,Satanic verses! we only strengthening them with every possible way. actions were so stupid that most likely was done on purposely to offend Muslims and make the extremist Muslims look good and legitimate! actions are important and talk is cheap!

Answer 7

Some problems can't be solved from without. The challenges facing Islam must be addressed from within. 'We' can't fix them.

Answer 8

"They" need to distinguish themselves a bit more.

Sometimes "they" criticize terrorist attacks - in a backhanded way, like they say "of course bombings and beheadings are wrong..... but......" There's usually a "but" in there....

And they hold up the Koran and Muhammad's life as holy, even though Muhammad spent his life killing thousands of people and his Koran commands his followers to do the same.

You can't in one breath denounce beheadings and in another say "be like Muhammad" who had people beheaded for refusing to accept him as a prophet.

Answer 9

treat them like their lives mean something in the eyes of the world and ,specifically, the "west".

Answer 10

Con Killa....Your an idiot!!!!! What other ID's do you go by? Is this an example of the "Hard Research" Libs do? Yikes.....