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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
Won't make that much of a difference in terrorism, in fact some of these people are used as examples of the need to fight to save the religion. In my opinion, the two things that will show some real impact are 1) beating or greatly reducing the land of Isis which shows that you are on a losing team 2) Solving conflicts like Israel/Palestine
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Unfortunately, 2 isn't very likely. I think 1 is certainly right, in demonstrating that they don't have a viable state, but realistically if ISIS falls some other group is going to attempt to do something similar.
Supporting these reformists won't stop terrorism outright; nothing can do that. But if those people are being used as examples of why the religion needs saving, then the people making that argument have revealed themselves as being part of the problem and their views need to be defeated by Muslims who see the world as you do. I know Nawaz sometimes dramatically calls that process a war for the soul of your religion; a bit much on the rhetoric, but you can see where he's coming from nonetheless. It's a conversation worth having and an ideological debate worth winning.