When will one of these villages get mad enough to say, I don’t care if it kills me, but ISIS will menace the world no more.
It can be understood to an extent to turn the other cheek on one’s own behalf. That is always a valid Christian option.
But when a group like this comes out menacing everyone, now a different duty kicks in, that of protecting your neighbors — some of who might not even be Christians yet (this is one of the paradoxes of Christianity, that Christians ought to care even more about nonbelievers’ lives because they will go to hell if they die).
Yes. Turn the other cheek doesn’t mean lay down and submit.