Zakaria's Dangerous Assessment of al Qaeda's Ideological Influence » Publications » Family Security Matters: "Al Qaeda's ideology is defeated. Didn't you hear? We didn't either, but Newsweek editor Fareed Zakaria insists. The closing lines of his absurdly sub-titled article, 'How moderate Muslim leaders waged war on extremists – and won,' read:
'Al Qaeda has already lost in the realm of ideology. What remains is the battle to defeat it in the nooks, crannies, and crevices of the real world.'
Maybe this is the case in Bizarro World ('Us do opposite of all earthly things!'), but the picture is starkly different here in reality. Unfortunately, to argue that al Qaeda has already lost in the realm of ideology is not just bizarre, it is dangerous. For such a highly influential commentator to foster this sense of complacency (Don't worry about ideology! It's okay now!) is irresponsible and negligent. This is not to say that extremists have not been confronted by a variety of social and religious leaders in Muslim communities, but Zakaria didn't identify them and they certainly haven't yet won.
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