When I have pointed to non-violent forms of Islam, or moderate Muslims such as Nawaz, it has been to highlight that Muslims believe many things and that reform is possible.
Well, you can take Muslim-like and call it Islam, but we all know it isn't and it doesn't convince them either. That's why it fails, it always has and it always will. Or do you plan on going round and replacing everyone's Quran and Hadith while they're asleep?
The way Islam's belief system is structured simply doesn't allow for reform.
If we accept enlightenment/reform is impossible, what do we do instead? I cite Alis report to show the type of approach I think is better to combat radical Islam.
Yes, its encroachment needs to be fought but it needs to start with people supporting doing it. While people like you are there to march, protest or pop up to argue that black is white every time there's a discussion, that will never happen. We can either have a civilized resistance and push back or it can descend into anarchy and chaos where hundreds of thousands, possibly millions die.*
Frankly, I don't care if the battle is fought over the corpse of the regressive left which I think is going to happen. Amazing that supporting a fascist regime is actually the hill it chose to die on after all the grand idealizing.
* that isn't empty rhetoric BTW. Look at the places that Islam has devastated that were once modern thriving cities, even tourist destinations. People don't seem to imagine that sort of thing could happen in the west, but it's already starting.
Listen to the people who lived through it and escaped: they say "this is how it starts".
