Full of Passionate Intensity

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120450617910806563.html
The margins of the Islamic world have been radicalized by their obvious lack of power. Also, their religious leaders fear that the creep of secularization evident in most of the world will progress into Islamic lands and minds. I view this, on the whole, as a defensive response--though, of course, some of Europe's naturalized Islamic radicals overtly seek to expand the "caliphate" throughout Europe as well. Unfortunately, given the demographic explosion underway in most Islamic nations, plus their retrograde political institutions and economic policies, the number of potential recruits for such jihadism is likely to continue to increase. This article is mainly an anecdotal diagnosis (and thus leaves open the question of how broad its applicability may be), and it fails to offer any solutions. The solution is to address the demographic, political, and economic problems that seed the deathly garden. Or simply contain Islamic problems within Islamic lands--and stay out.