Stardate 20010919.2115 (On Screen): "Islam must rule the world and until Islam does rule the world we will continue to sacrifice our lives," Al-Badr spokesman Mustaq Aksari told CNN in an interview four months ago. If that chilling statement truly represents the attitude of his group, then there is no middle ground, no way to live-and-let-live, no compromise possible. His group will accept nothing less than the end of all non-Islamic nations and their conversion into Islamic Republics. They can't possibly achieve that, of course. But it means that they'll continue their struggle, including making suicide attacks, until either they're all gone or we are.
Not all Islamic groups are this radical, and most Muslims are not even in political activist groups at all. But there doesn't appear to be any solution for the ones that are like this other than to attempt to eradicate them. If we ignore them they will grow larger and do more damage. Even if we don't successfully eradicate them, if they become smaller because of our efforts then they will do less damage. (discuss)
