Easier Said than Done

Some of you may have noticed that I did not post anything about the counter-terrorism conference which takes place in Riyadh these days. I think such conferences are useless as long as the government -- and the people -- are not admitting that we have some serious problems in the religious establishment and the educational system. Prince Abdullah said that we must attack the grassroots of terrorism, but I'm not seeing any action to do so. The way the officials here talk about terrorism gives you the feeling that we have an attack every five or ten years, while a quick look to this report will tell you something totally different. The extreme mentality has been in control in this part of the world for more than 200 years, and it will take a very long time to be changed. # »