The jihadists will never listen
Don’t waste time courting ‘moderate’ Muslims
22 August 2007
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Enlisting the help of ‘moderate’ Muslims is pointless
Funny the difference a few weeks can make. When I went away for an extended holiday, the subtle but unmistakable consensus on the threat to life and limb was more or less as it had been for some years: that jihadists are rotten fellows, but only small in number when compared with the ‘vast majority’ of ‘moderate Muslims’ who are, of course, not culpable. At all. Of anything. Ever.
When I came back, the consensus had shifted. Now, it appears, they might be a teeny bit worthy of blame after all — not for the violence itself, but for failing to keep their hotheads in line. Headlines are thundering: ‘We need Muslims to do more’, ‘Muslims have to join this battle’ and ‘Muslims must raise their voices in anger’. It’s been the battle cry of the summer so far — we demand that moderate Muslims persuade, cajole and convince their radicals, for all the world as if they can actually do as we ask.
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