There are moderate Muslims, but they are useless. They are afraid to say “boo” to the radicals. Often based quite justifiably on the fear that their relatives living near them will be slaughtered.
I believe this is true. I’ve met some nice folks from that background. The overall reaction I have is “Ok, so you’re afraid to speak up, because the nutballs who share your Mosque may slit your throat for apostasy, and do so with the Imans’ blessing (or at the behest of this Iman).
So, then, why do you wish to belong to such a religion that operates as a violent unlearned gang? Why do you keep going to listen to that radical Iman every Friday night?
It’s not just fear.
It is haram (forbidden) in Islam to take up arms against a fellow muslim. The radicals don’t care, because they simply declare the moderates to be apostates, and therefore not muslim, so they can attack them. The moderates, on the other hand, can’t really declare the radicals apostates, because the radicals follow the religion very strictly.