The XO and I were sitting on the back porch this morning enjoying the start of a new day. As is her custom, she opened the paper to read and out fell the Parade magazine insert with the picture of Malala Yousafzai captioned "The Face of Courage". Well, that started me thinking about this thread, the demographics of the Muslim world and their beliefs (thanks to 98G), and a Phoenix Program Redux (MR2 is on to something IMO), and the many thoughtful posts of the rest of you here.
Maybe it is young Muslim women that we should target as assets to begin the change? Malala in her view is not unique - she represents the aspirations of most young women of her generation. (98G you might want to verify that from the Pew demographic study.) These are the Muslims we need to support. Their enlightenment with proper support, education, and protection (the darker side of the Phoenix Program comes into play here) would be unstoppable, IMO.
And before my Brothers chastise me for suggesting an army of girls, (I hear the snickering
) I can tell you from experience of raising two girls, they can be vicious when crossed - like being locked in a closet with a wolverine.
Exploitable assets? You bet!
And while I'm at it, GR, I can say with almost certainty that Malala would not run away and pout when she was challenged.
