What is the answer to radical Islam? This is NOT an anti Islam thread

[Mr Khan]

timmah said:
So if education and economic prosperity is the key, why did two well educated men living in a very prosperous country do this? (not attacking that entire premise, those things would help at least to some degree... just a wondering). The larger Muslim world needs to address this problem internally. There are too many radical clerics out there preaching Jihad without any vocal condemnation from the Muslim populace at large or from other clerics. Prominent clerics should actively and publicly preach AGAINST jihad if they really believe in peace.

Inequality creates a sense of alienation, alienation creates a sense of radicalization. Immigrants are especially sensitive to this, as Badgenome said. This does not mean that the wealthy do not become terrorists (most of the leaders of radicalized movements are often petite Bourgeouis or more), but the widespread cultural tendency towards radicalism is purely based on economic factors.