Exactly -- they only attack women, children and old men or when your back is turned. Stomp on them and they cower. The problem is that we are too nice and let them grow back -- that's why the Crusades weren't thorough enough, we only tried a defensive tactic to control the Holy Lands and make it safe for pilgrims. What should have happened is that Richard Coeur de Lion should have stormed into Mecca with the Byzantine army and destroyed the soul of the evil cult.
One day someone will.
One day someone will.