Quote of the Day

I read this very interesting article on Time about Sheik Abdul-Rahman Al-Marwany, president of the Dar Al-Salaam organization. He works as an anti-revenge moderator among the Yemeni tribes.

A Sufi, Marwani uses the messages of Islamic mysticism to convince militants that Islam preaches peace. But on the subject of extremists, he can sound like a Washington hawk. "We need to capture all the scholars who are preaching violence, and, if we must, even kill them," he says. "Their danger is that they can affect the whole country."

That statement definitely caught my attention. I don't think even the hawks in Washington would publicly admit to wanting to knock off scholars for just preaching violence but who knows?

Recently, he confronted a firebrand preacher who had exhorted Muslims to kill Christians. "Do you believe Allah is wise and that all things come from Allah?" Marwani asked. The preacher did. "Even that Mercedes you drive?" the sheik pressed on. "Because if you kill all the Christians, there won't be any of them left to build Mercedeses."

That's it! That's exactly the angle that we need to negotiate with terrorists! If you kill all the Christians then no one will be left to build expensive luxury sedans! Sheer genius!