Just like you have more extremist preachers.

super interesting interview

so they become also traditional muslims

he himself is not radical

and unlike christianity islam allows barely any freedom of thought

and is fighting a tremendous battle for de-radicalising fellow muslims

Yea, Tawhidi is pretty good. He's a Shia muslim, most extremists seem to come from Sunni islam.

and obvs sunni and shia hate eachother.

The most efficient means of deradicalisation is being vapourised.

Shia is more moderate. If Iran's leaders weren't such shitheads, the West would have a great muslim ally with Shia's.

Even Lebanon has gotten very liberal over the last couple decades.

well

I mean

Iran was the shining democratic western jewel of the middle east

right up until islam showed its true nature again

Yea, true.

Like I said, Iran's leadership after the Sha has been extremely defensive.

*Shah

Not to mention insular.

lol yes

by the Shahanshah can we restore the Sassanid Empire

I don't think most Iranians give a shit about that.

They're all pretty westernized.

All we need is Trump to welcome Iran with open arms.

I mean I have an Iranian in my family and he's very western

he fled Iran because he almsot got executed for drinking alcohol and listening to rock

Yea, I know some Iranians that left for similar reasons. lol

but I dont think welcoming Iran with open arms will help

all it will do is embolden them

not to mention that by doing that you piss off the saudis

Fuck the Saudis

Like I said, Iran would be a better ally.

no, you can't de-radicalize Iran

both are a dictatorship/theocracy

unless extreme force is used

The US chose the wrong Islamic sect as friends.

imo just supporting neither is the best

opening a country and expecting the western influence to modernize them, has been proven not to work

or just wait until saudi arabia ruins the oil market and they descent into poverty

Yea, i agree with that. If supporting neither was the choice, that would be best.

You can "reeducate" islamists