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Politics : The Truth About Islam
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To: lorne who wrote (7652)5/21/2007 10:09:46 PM
From: ExCane  Read Replies (1) of 20106
 
"anti-islamists or moderate muslims need the military power of the USA and other countries to help the radicals understand" - I have posted that I see more than just the military solution, but I agree with you that a crushing merciless defeat would be the most effective single strtategy. Our current political climate doesn't yet show the majority of the populace to have the stomach for it. ( Can I plug this article just one more time? see “No Substitute for Victory” - The Defeat of Islamic Totalitarianism at theobjectivestandard.com )

"So the writer believes that if the western world blames islam for the problem that moderate muslims will side with the radicals even though the moderates know radicals are wrong" What I believe Jasser is trying to articulate is, that taking the approach that "islam is the problem" is not the way, because the Muslims would just recoil from a wholesale criticism like that. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me, I just think that approach has a low probability of success.

"Those that believe islam is responsible are in no way helping radical islamists or handing them the mantle of religion." I don't see Jasser as saying that. I think he meant that the types that say islam is the whole problem are not even aware of the moderate population. Think about this, do you know anybody outside the sphere of anti-jihadists here and places like this, that even know what the difference between a non-islamist Muslim and an islamist is?
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