User Clip: M. Zuhdi Jasser: the root cause … that creates radical Islam

“…the refusal to identify political islam as the root cause in the conveyor belt that creates radical Islam is the greatest obstacle to reforming the ideas that churn out these militants. Not one iota of this work would be possible in an environment where government agencies writ large are unwilling to understand and engage Muslim groups domestically and abroad on the diverse interpretations of these core terms… We should be able to have the maturity to engage what does Ummah mean, what does Salafism mean, what does Wahhabism mean, what does Islamism mean, Jihad mean. Not to engage those terms is not only dishonest, but it actually marginalizes the very muslims you want to, and you claim to respect.”— M. Zuhdi Jasser, Founder and President, American Islamic Forum for Democracy (JUNE 28, 2016) close