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BBC coverage: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883 I am outraged at the enormity of the murders, but I c

BBC coverage: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883 I am outraged at the enormity of the murders, but I can't see a simple solution given the significant presence of extremists. Their brazen acts know no limits; what then are governments to do? In my country, Singapore (which has a significant Muslim population), we have a relative lack of incidents or conflict, but the government also maintains tight control that probably wouldn't be feasible in Europe (clarification: meaning that mosques and madrasahs are regulated and overseen by an Islamic Council that is part of government). [edited]

happyscrappy 12y ago
Are you implying that you need to have tight control of citizens if you have a significant Muslim population? Somehow the US doesn't have this problem within the Muslim community.
- klibertp 12y ago
  What? I don't live there, I've never even been to USA so I know nearly nothing I can be spectacularly wrong. However, if even 1/10 of what I read about TSA, Patriot Act, NSA and so on (and on...) is true then I think there is at least some degree of control over Muslim citizens? Isn't it actually an official policy?
- icebraining 12y ago
  Somehow the US doesn't have this problem within the Muslim community. Really? What about the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt and the Boston Marathon bombings? Also, the US certainly keeps a close - often oppressive - watch over its Muslim community. This American Life had an episode about it: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/471 http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/471 (See also the AP prize-winning investigation that TAL mentions on the NYPD probes into the city's mosques)
  - happyscrappy 12y ago
    As far as I know none of those were related to free speech which is what the GP meant by strict controls, i.e. you are not allowed to insult a religion.
  - ceejayoz 12y ago
    > Really? What about the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt and the Boston Marathon bombings? If three incidents in five years is a problem, the US has a problem with every community. Timothy McVeigh killed more than all of those attacks combined.

happyscrappy 12y ago

Are you implying that you need to have tight control of citizens if you have a significant Muslim population? Somehow the US doesn't have this problem within the Muslim community.

klibertp 12y ago
What? I don't live there, I've never even been to USA so I know nearly nothing I can be spectacularly wrong. However, if even 1/10 of what I read about TSA, Patriot Act, NSA and so on (and on...) is true then I think there is at least some degree of control over Muslim citizens? Isn't it actually an official policy?
icebraining 12y ago
Somehow the US doesn't have this problem within the Muslim community. Really? What about the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt and the Boston Marathon bombings? Also, the US certainly keeps a close - often oppressive - watch over its Muslim community. This American Life had an episode about it: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/471 http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/471 (See also the AP prize-winning investigation that TAL mentions on the NYPD probes into the city's mosques)
- happyscrappy 12y ago
  As far as I know none of those were related to free speech which is what the GP meant by strict controls, i.e. you are not allowed to insult a religion.
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  > Really? What about the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt and the Boston Marathon bombings? If three incidents in five years is a problem, the US has a problem with every community. Timothy McVeigh killed more than all of those attacks combined.