Quote (Leevee @ Jun 21 2017 01:16pm)
PaRD's local Belgian, reporting in!
In Belgium we have a huge problem with Imams who don't speak any of the local languages. That means no Dutch, nor French, nor German, and no English either.
These are the Imams that are estranged from society (for logical reasons), and who can offer zero guidance to young Muslims who are actually trying to be proper followers of their faith. The one authority these kids should have (i.e. the Imam) is somebody they cannot communicate with.
This leaves those kids weak to being manipulated/influenced by outside sources. These kids, with way too little knowledge about Islam, are easy subjects to people who preach ISIS' caliphate, who say that Jihad justifies killing infidels, stuff like that. Many of the Muslims who have radicalized in Belgium were people who had way too little interaction with their Imams. This goes for local terrorists as well as people who traveled to Syria to join the ISIS forces there.
That is the first and foremost work item we have here. Islam needs to grow out of obscurity, Imams need to be qualified to teach, and Muslims need to start taking responsibility over what their kids are learning instead of turning a blind eye.
how do you propose to tackle the issue of these kids being isolated in areas where they're easily preyed upon by people looking to turn them into jihadists, the bolded isn't exactly a solution that we can act on