I heard an NPR piece calling our current period "the Islamic Reformation."
In other words, there is an intense debate among Muslims that is being sorted out. There is no Pope in Islam. No central authority. Groups and ideas are vying for supremacy.
Perhaps we should stand in the background. Keep in view. And be seen holding a very large stick.
We are good at beating on peoples heads with our stick. We are less good at patching up bloody folks, esp. while their buddies are hitting us with little sticks of their own.
Over the horizon force. Destroy, get out. Rinse and repeat.
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