There are those who perceive gentleness as weakness and kindness as stupidity. There appears to be a preponderance of such people openly flaunting aggression and announcing, "I am a Muslim and this what it means to be a Muslim in their aggression." I am not labeling them. They are proudly announcing this is what it means to be a Muslim. "I cut your head off."
Intelligence means to be able to recognize them and do the needful.
I am reminded of a Bengali story.. the three boys in the jungle.
The first boy saw the tiger coming and thought.."Everything is spiritual... the tiger ate him."
The second boy saw the tiger coming and thought.."Supersoul is in the tiger's heart... the tiger ate him."
The third boy saw the tiger coming and thought.. "Krishna ( God)! There's a tiger coming. What should I do?"
Krishna (God) said, "Climb a tree."