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| Who was not at the "Countering Violent Extremism" conference is almost as interesting as who was [Image Source] |
Bearing in mind the media gave (and got) very little information about who participated (and who didn't), the article offers up some startling profiles, leading to this conclusion:
President Obama rightly stated that these threats emanate from destructive themes and worldviews, but the answer isn’t to deny that that there is an extremist interpretation of Islam that is the source of these destructive worldviews. And the answer isn’t to give a platform to gradualist Islamists whose final goal is the establishment of a global caliphate and forceful implementation of sharia law, just like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. The answer is to exalt those who offer an alternative narrative altogether.
Let's
hope the analyst, and others too, follows up with a look at the post-Summit
messages these invited White House guests deliver to those in their
spheres of influence.
In
case you missed our take on the conference, written before it convened, check
out "18-Feb-15:
Countering Vacuous Euphemisms" and "20-Feb-15: US fears and our nightmares".
For a more robust criticism than ours, see "10 Troubling Aspects of President Obama’s ‘Countering
Violent Extremism’ Summit".
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