We must be spending time and effort to stop this and until then, prevent this - which, sadly, may not be possible in India , its hard enough to do in our nation.
Maybe all of the Islamic nations should be taken over by the UN and all of their school systems be removed from Islam and the children taught to be tolerant and to think for themselves..
Oh hell no! One of my biggest fears over this attack is that it'll be used to justify further military attacks on the region, and since I'm typing this while the news talks about a teenaged Marine UK dying in Helmand Province, you can probably understand why I'm arguing this point with you.
So, how exactly do you see removing "Islam" from any school system as being a way to fight terror, given that these conflicts are most often caused by political, ethnic and territorial factors cloaked in a misunderstanding of what Islam is about? I'm not in favour of denominational schooling, but your suggestion would both infuriate people and not do any good at all. As Laila says, it's the perversion of the text that's the problem. Fight that, and while they'll probably just switch to using something else to justify their attacks, at least they can't hide behind Islam anymore.
And I take issue with your assumption teaching children Islam is counter-productive to encouraging tolerance. Should we shut down parochial schools in the West while we're at it?
earthworm said:
This is an example... when I say the "moderate or peaceful" Muslims have not done nearly enough to stop terrorism..
Okay then, what is it you expect Muslims to do, and what haven't they done, about this? What is a UK Muslim like Laila supposed to do about perversion of Islam in nation thousands of miles away from her home, aside from debunking harmful rhetoric, as she's already doing?
It really frustrates me sometimes, the inability/refusal so many have (not necessarily yourself in particular) about seeing the bigger picture. Islam is not causing these incidents. Political tension, feelings of victimisation and anger at the West, quarrels over representation, power and land are causing these conflicts. Perverting Islam however, in a religious nation, is an effective way of bringing people over to your side. You may not be willing to die for land, for more cash, but for your God? A lot more people are going to sign up for the last option.
Target those who encourage violence in Islam's name. Encourage foreign aid programs for social welfare, health and literacy, which in addition to being a great thing to do morally, will also stop so much of the Middle East hating the West.
Cast a careful eye over your foreign policy over the last few decades and try and figure out how things got this bad.
Aim for foreign policy that helps the rest of the world, and for the love of God, stop invading countries unless doing so is a mortal necessity, because their fellow citizens dying infront of them is going to leave a lot of people furious, saddened and ripe for recruitment to fight those they blame for those deaths.
Learn real quantifiable lessons to help your nation fight terror.
/rant
But nah, "ISLAMMZ IS FUH TERRORISTZZ!" is just so much easier. :roll:
earthworm said:
The "terrorists data base" must be national and international...now it is neither. Even our own states do not cooperate...
This pig-headedness plays into the hands of the terrorist criminals..
Are there problems with information shring between nations at the moment? Because at least regarding the situation in Mumbai, it appears the British police already have a system set up to conduct their investigations and funnel the information uncovered to the Indian government.
