On Tuesday I noted that victory in the war against terrorism will require theological defeat of Islamist belief, Wahhabism for example, and that this will only happen when Muslims committed to moderate forms of Islam begin to engage Islamists on the intellectual battlefield. The assistance of moderate Muslims in preparing the recent Freedom House report on Wahhabist hatred is one example of such engagement. Another example, even more hopeful, comes from Yemen where an Islamic judge has successfully debated al Qaeda prisoners over Koranic support for violence in a high stakes contest that results either in his undertaking jihad, or the prisoners renouncing violence. Worth reading.
Source: Armies of Liberation
Posted by publius at February 4, 2005 10:05 PM