David, your response has left me bewildered due to the tone of immaturity and I believe you don't understand what I'm talking about. I meant the task of going to school. Education does change ideals, and like I said, it's what I have seen work. Like I also said, I don't have a solution. I'm just sharing what I've seen. My mom started out in a very religious, though not extreme, home. She was the first girl to go to school in her family. After going to school, her view became more modern. She broke off from the idea that women are only supposed to be serving men. I'm sorry if that's not the response you wanted. The current situation is a delicate one. Handle it the wrong way and you end up creating more extremists instead of diminishing their numbers. To answer your next question: I do believe all nations have a right to protect their citizens from any sort of threat. But how to deal with that threat is another issue. All in all.. Just because I am Muslim doesn't mean I am equiped to provide solutions for this situation or any similar situation . I can only tell you my experience. I can only say I don't want to see anyone get hurt. It's ignorant of me to say that but that's just how I feel.