The ultimate weapon against al-Qaeda

[Glaucus]

Superstar Muslim preacher Amr Khaled battles al-Qaeda

Mr Khaled's mission to end al-Qaeda's grip began with a media blitz, and a speech at the enormous Saleh Mosque in the capital Sanaa.

Addressing an audience of fifty thousand people inside the mosque, several thousand more outside, and millions more Yemenis watching live on TV, his message was uncompromising - it is your religious duty to safeguard moderation.

"Every father, every mother, must shield their children from the creeping reach of extremism," he urged.

Mr Khaled's plan to change Yemen centres on young people. "Youth can be the difference, youth can change, can take out the roots of the extremism in Yemen," he told me.

In concrete terms his Right Start organisation has begun training youth leaders and imams to take his message of moderation into mosques and schools.

More effective then a million smart bombs, and cheaper too.

 

[redrumloa]

Superstar Muslim preacher Amr Khaled battles al-Qaeda

Mr Khaled's mission to end al-Qaeda's grip began with a media blitz, and a speech at the enormous Saleh Mosque in the capital Sanaa.

Addressing an audience of fifty thousand people inside the mosque, several thousand more outside, and millions more Yemenis watching live on TV, his message was uncompromising - it is your religious duty to safeguard moderation.

"Every father, every mother, must shield their children from the creeping reach of extremism," he urged.

Mr Khaled's plan to change Yemen centres on young people. "Youth can be the difference, youth can change, can take out the roots of the extremism in Yemen," he told me.

In concrete terms his Right Start organisation has begun training youth leaders and imams to take his message of moderation into mosques and schools.

More effective then a million smart bombs, and cheaper too.

While I like the message, it is yet to be seen how effective he will be (let alone if they don't blow him up).

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

While I like the message, it is yet to be seen how effective he will be (let alone if they don't blow him up).

By "they" do you mean Israel or the CIA?

 

[cecilia]

call me crazy, but Martin Luther King's message seemed fairly effective.

peace is always better than the stupidity of violence

 

[redrumloa]

By "they" do you mean Israel or the CIA?

They meaning al-Qaeda.