Our best weapons against Islamic extremism, poisonous Islamo-Marxism as well as "moderate" Shariah creep are mockery and derision. Laughter may well be the best medicine, but it might also be the best weapon. Being on the receiving end of a short burst of derisory laughter never harmed anyone in the long run, but it may well just jolt a long-held silly belief out of joint long enough to induce a bit of much-needed introspection. What, for example, do you do with a crowd of chanting, angry, bearded men upset to the point of apoplexy that someone has given a teddy bear the same name as their beloved prophet, or has drawn a cartoon or written a book which someone has told them insults their beloved prophet? Apologise? Attempt to reason with them? Invite them, albeit rather belatedly, to join the Age of the Enlightenment (whilst keeping quiet for the time being about Voltaire's misgivings with regard to their prophet)? Maybe some, or all, of those things can come later; but first of all you should point an accusatory finger at them followed by a burst of raucous laughter, heavily laced with double-helpings of scorn and derision, and then (if you happen to be in their vicinity) run like hell. Yours will be a victory to savour (if you manage to survive).
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