>>these extremists will only truly be defeated when the millions who practice the Islamic faith reject their perverted vision.
I disagree; until the West and the other nonislamics with a bone to pick with the fruitcakes wipe out the jihadis, the moderates will be too scared to come out.
He did and had to flee Pakistan and live with death threats in the USA to say what he wants. It's incumbent upon us to creat an atmosphere where the 'moderates' if they really are moderates are free to speak out.
until the West and the other nonislamics with a bone to pick with the fruitcakes wipe out the jihadis, the moderates will be too scared to come out.I agree.
I've been wondering though. When the Communists lost their stranglehold on Russia, capitalism existed as an alternative.
Moderate Muslims aren't going to convert to another religion if the fruitcakes are wiped out, they're going to remain Muslims.
And I can't get rid of this nagging feeling that as long as there are practicing Muslims, the seed will always be there for growing more fanatics.
Muslims seem to have a sheep-like tendency to cave in to intimidation from their own. Ripe pickings for the psycopaths among them.