Posted: Feb 06, 2020 11:53 am
Yes, it's worked in many countries, including the UK. There's no one size fits all, but it's pretty convincingly the best answer a liberal democratic nation that values human rights has to countering ideological extremism.
The Qur'an - like the Bible - is internally contradictory, saying one thing in one place and one context, and saying something quite contrary in another. Just as with Christians, the way this is resolved depends entirely on the suite of beliefs of the believer; the exegesis. Unlike Christianity, a lot of interpretation for lay folk in Islam is left up to individual imams, and as such their congregation can differ wildly from other groups in the same nation and other nations. Even stripping away a radicalizing member from a radical imam can result in a lot of change.
Deradicalization doesn't turn people into atheists: radical behavior isn't 'belief in gods', it's expressly meant to indicate a willingness to take extreme readings of scripture - i.e. anti-social - and act upon them.
The Qur'an - like the Bible - is internally contradictory, saying one thing in one place and one context, and saying something quite contrary in another. Just as with Christians, the way this is resolved depends entirely on the suite of beliefs of the believer; the exegesis. Unlike Christianity, a lot of interpretation for lay folk in Islam is left up to individual imams, and as such their congregation can differ wildly from other groups in the same nation and other nations. Even stripping away a radicalizing member from a radical imam can result in a lot of change.
Deradicalization doesn't turn people into atheists: radical behavior isn't 'belief in gods', it's expressly meant to indicate a willingness to take extreme readings of scripture - i.e. anti-social - and act upon them.