&gt; It has to start from the ground, with &#x27;militant moderate Muslims&#x27; willing to show people another way; one that does not involve in slavery, beheadings, suicide bombings, and crucifixion.<p>Problem with this is that the most prominent moderate Islamist organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, was utterly smashed by the military counter-coup in Egypt. To many Islamists, it seemed to prove that a political route to power was untenable.<p>Though I agree that we have to bridge the gap. The us vs. them rhetoric is toxic.