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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
I mean this sincerely, but what do you actually propose that a regular Muslim like myself should do? I mean most of us are just leading regular lives and working and the terrorists don't shout from the rooftops that they're about to do something.
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When I say regular Muslims need to take action, I don't mean every regular Muslim. If you don't attend a mosque where the imam promotes Sharia law, or don't know anyone who is being seduced by ISIS propoganda, there's little you can do. But there has to be some contact between the radicals and
some regular Muslims. They don't exist in another world. They live and breathe in the same communities.
Imagine a series of concentric circles. At the centre are the jihadis who carry out terrorist attacks. The next circle out are their active supporters, who fund and train and house them. The next circle out are those who preach the ideology if jihad and ultra-conservatism. The next circle out are those who tolerate the ideology of jihad and ultra-conservatism, even if they take no action. And so on. So at which of those circles does radical Islamicists end and regular Muslims begin? They have to touch somewhere.
Another question. If moderate Muslims can do nothing to oppose the violent radicals in their communities, who can? Do you think this is a struggle that can be won solely with government intelligence and policing? And even there, isn't there some role for regular Muslims in sharing intelligence and aiding police?