Kari posted:Chief, it is not so much that Islam has no problem or Islam is the problem. It is that those who are associated with terrorism and beheadings in this day and age and who espouse civilization end and the clash of civilizations are from Muslim homes.
I keep asking caribny et al - what should we Muslims do? .
The problem goes beyond Muslim homes. In fact the jihadis are most effective at recruiting kids who come from "lapsed Muslim" homes, where religious values aren't communicated by the parents. Or from new converts, often those from "lapsed Christian/atheist" homes.
The question is then why do these people, who feel emptiness and a need for spiritual guidance, use Islam, and not other religions as they act out their lunacy?
I have offered several ideas. NONE of them having a thing to do with ISIS.
But for the presence of Islamists the world would see ISIS for what it is. Angry ex Baathist Sunni soldiers who are determined to grab power.
What Muslims need to figure out is how can they REMOVE the ability of charlatans to use religion as a tool to recruit and to justify their acts, which have NOTHING to do with religion.
The very fact that these fools set out to destroy evidence that Islam was once a fount of knowledge and science should reveal to all what their true motives are.