Radical Islam

With over 30 Islamic terrorist attacks around the world in September alone, something must be done about radical Islam. All terrorist attacks from car bombing to chemical attacks have severe repercussions on the people in the immediately surrounding communities as well as the world. In America we see terrorist attacks as a major but fairly infrequent problem. In mostly Islamic countries such as Syria or Egypt, they are merely part of life. Although there are many ways we can deal with radical Islam, how we will deal with it has yet to be seen.

To begin, lets look at the reasons for these terrorist attacks. Some radical Islamist groups believe that terrorism is a way to show that western culture is to be frowned upon and to say that the Muslim community should oppress it as much as possible. Others hate nations like the United States not for what they are but for what they’ve done. By this they mean that through acts of oppression and imposing on territories the United States has made itself an enemy. Others still commit acts of terrorism only to die as a martyr in the eyes of their brethren.

Next I am going to cover non radical Islamists and how they could play a vital role in the downfall of the radicals. Although radicals would argue otherwise, the Koran says that Muslims should only use violence in self defense against others and not as a means of offensive action. Most Muslims are indeed not radical but good, kind, and peaceful people. They could play an important role in ending radicalism in Islam in that they could challenge their Muslim brothers and sisters on their beliefs, not as enemies but as fellow believers thus making them virtually untouchable physically by their radical counterparts. They could also try ...

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...ad who sees the non-violent teachings of Islam They also need to accept that there are violent parts of Islam to open up to a religious reform. Those blaming Islam's problems on the US and other foreign policies need to stop ignoring the ideology that most of these problems are within Islam itself as they only fuel the fire by putting out word that the US is the root of the problem.

Solving the problem of radical Islam will require us to cooperate with one another rather than fight against each other. The responsibility for solving this problem is a joint responsibility that needs the cooperation of different groups not just the actions of a single group. This also comes into play in finding out what organizations are responsible for what attacks and punishing the governments of Muslim states severely if they are found out to be the root of one of these attacks.