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[quote=Anonymous]Here are some of my ideas on how society can confront, and perhaps reduce, the number of individuals committing themselves to militant Islam:

1) Change Friday Prayers
- Muslim leaders should provide prayer verses that imams can recite in Friday prayer that stresses the nonviolent and peaceful nature of Islam
- Integrate these prayer verses in other salats
- Imagine if 1.6 billion people repeated verses on nonviolence -- truly, that philosophy would sink in??

2) Connect almsgiving with nonviolence
- Every Muslim organization receiving alms from Muslims must require Muslims to sign an agreement stipulating their commitment to nonviolence. Imams and religious
leaders should stress that faithful Muslims may negate their almsgiving (and lose favor with Allah) if they support or pursue militant jihad

3) Change requirements for Hajj
- Only Muslims can complete Hajj. I am not sure how that is enforced. I think the global Muslim community -- the same organizations denouncing jihad- - should stress that only non-militants can complete Hajj.  They should require all Hajj participants to agree to an Islamic philosophy of nonviolence.  If they do not agree or later commit jihad, they risk losing the merit of Hajj and ultimately losing favor with Allah

4) Encourage families to report members suspected of pursuing jihad
- Family members KNOW when one of their own has gone off the deep end
- Islamic leaders should stress that family members that report their relatives to the proper authorities will earn favor with Allah, as they may help stop future jihad and the deaths of innocent people

These ideas are probably stupid or ridiculous, but it's the best that I can come up with!

Any other ideas out there? [/quote]

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