Saudi Reeducation Program fighting terrorism

[heliochrome85]

I thought this was very interesting...http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/....html

thoughts?

[rn79870]

It's really so simple. People who have something to lose are rarely willing to wear a suicide belt. People who have nothing to lose, see drastic measures as a means to an end. Maybe this message will one day be heard by the west.

[AZhitman]

I think there's definitely some wisdom to this type of program, and the article is absolutely correct ni asserting that consequence alone is insufficient to fight ideology.

Something that struck me from the article:

Despite religion's dominant role in Saudi culture, Hadlaq asserted that many detainees "have limited knowledge of Islam."

That's a brilliant statement. Fundamentalist Christians (the ones who give Christianity a bad name) rarely have a firm, accurate understandnig of true Biblical teachings.