“Why don’t American Muslims stand up to Islamism? I wonder.”
Because my FRiend, the terrorists are the true believers, for a “mainstream” muslim to denounce them would be like a Christian denouncing the saints!
I think you are right, but..
I added the comment, American, because I worked a few years with Turks here and in Ankara. Virtually one-hundred percent of Turks are Muslims. They were all great people, the one's I worked with and met day-to-day living in Ankara.
.. also in recent years hundreds of thousands of Turks have taken to the streets denouncing Islamists in Turkey -- especially the ruling Islamist AK Party.
I don't think the Turks are going to go quietly, the secularist and Kemalist Turks that is. Maybe when the Turks are finished combating their Islamist problems we can out-source out Islamist problem to them. :)