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Originally Posted by puckluck
So I should fly over to Iraq and start killing extremists? How would the "billions" of muslims stop them from creating terror?
If the best army in the world can't do it how do you expect the muslim population to do it? You can't just say STOP! and they'll just listen. You speak out against them and they will kill you. Simple as that.
And muslims in the Western world do speak out against them. I go to Friday prayer every week and the sheikh there regularly calls them (extremists) out as not being true muslims. Calls them a lot of other bad names too, but of course that will never get in the media.
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So what's the solution? Protest? Stop funding? Where do extremists get money? It's not a war fought on the battleground, it's a philosophical change.
I know you and your community are doing all the right things. It has to begin at our civilian level. Then it goes up to government. Get the true Muslims to run for political office and be in positions of importance and make a difference in the western world. Get the message out into the media. It never gets into the media because there aren't important Muslims in power. And maybe it will funnel to Muslim countries.
Bring the good things in Western society (if you think there are any) and compliment them with Muslim values.
I'm really trying to understand the issues. My friends complain to me about this and that and I really don't know where to begin. One of them is seeing a Catholic guy... it's not a good situation at all.