Unless we in the west can combat their ideas with better ideas, puncture the alluring narrative of victimhood politics, question their self-assured martyrdom, and end perceptions of incessant enmity with non-Muslims then we will be confined to dealing with symptoms of terrorist attacks rather than healing the underlying causes.
A separate programme has sought to combat jihadist ideas on the internet, by hiring moderate religious scholars to engage in debate on extremist chat sites.
His faith foundation's projects aim to combat extremist ideas in countries ranging from Nigeria to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia, focusing on creating school curricula and training teachers to promote open debate and religious tolerance.
By contrast, prosecuting extremists who have committed crimes in a public courtroom makes it all the more shockingly clear that their horrific acts were undertaken by human beings, and that all of us must work every day to combat the ideas of extremism.
One stated goal of the list is to combat the idea that "board-ready" woman are hard to find.
Other curtain talks have been given by the dancers — most often, it seems to me, male ones, presumably to combat the idea that ballet is a girlie enterprise.
She hopes to combat the idea that people must choose between science and faith -- "that you are either a good Christian creationist or an evil atheist evolutionist".
WW existed, Marston wrote, "to combat the idea that women are inferior to men, and to inspire girls to self-confidence and achievement".
She was conceived, Marston said, to "combat the idea that women are inferior to men, and to inspire girls to self-confidence and achievement in athletics, occupations and professions monopolised by men".
To combat the idea that the only people who play games are teenage males and housemothers, Jesper Juul's "A Casual Revolution" is a deftly argued and thoroughly researched recommendation.
