Balancing the scales

The Muslim world does not need nuclear bombs or F16s.

What it needs is to focus more on education, especially of the youth.

In this context, cooperation with other countries in the education sector, especially in higher education, would go a long way in improving understanding of each other’s social and cultural values.

The vast majority of the Muslim population is peaceful and tolerant. Only a few extremists had exploited the name of religion for their political and personal gains but the electronic and print media have done a bad job by exaggerating facts about the Islamic media and not presenting the true picture.

It's a two way thing, actually. The Islamic world VS The Rest of the World... it shouldn't have to be that way.

I wonder if there's any way the majority of Muslims who are largely peaceful could be able to stop the Islamic fundamentalists who are the minority. I mean, I can see where the problem is. They have guns and we don't. That actually makes us very much the victims too.

Think about it. When they suicide bomb a place, there's a high chance some Muslims who have nothing to do with their agenda die as well, right? Then, why do they keep doing it?

I guess they really believe they're committing the ultimate sacrifice and those Muslims who happen to die along with them goes to Paradise with them too, which in my opinion is a backward way of looking at things.

Guess it's not easy to convince a rock-headed extremist to look at other available options, including Bush and his cronies, Osama and his merry men and Jose Mourinho's Chelski (jus kidding about the last bit!).