Many Muslims are frustrated with what they perceive to be something rotten within their community and wish to clean house and take a tougher stance against radicalism.
May I suggest another approach, or maybe a better way to "clean house"? I think it starts with education. Potential radicals need to be educated about:
Reasons to believe why Mohammad was not advocating violence.
Quranic, peaceful alternatives to resistance to oppression.
What other Muslim prophets like Jesus had to say about dealing with adversity, including constant reminders that the Quran forbids making one prophet greater than the rest, and sans the hypocritical rejection of the 4 Gospels.
Reasons to believe why Mohammad was not trying to establish a world-wide caliphate.
Reasons to believe Islam, as taught in the Quran, is more inclusive than takfiri (Muslims who excommunicate others) have made it to be, which includes education about Sayyid Qutb and other promoters of takfirism (doctrine of excommunication).
Teachings like this will go a long way to bringing potential radicals into a better understanding of Islam. I'm curious, those of you who attend the mosque, to what degree is this being taught? I'm guessing for most it isn't. And part of that problem is the imams. According to this article called Training a New Breed of Muslim Leaders to Combat Radicalism, at least for Spain, the imams "should have this training: somebody with the right education is a guarantee against radicalization.”
