From the article:Ā
Thereās an idea making the rounds of social media, blogs and news reports that all Muslims in a given area know about any jihadists among them and simply arenāt talking.
As one public figure put it, āeverybody from that area knew [a Ā recently captured jihadist] was there ā nobody turned him in. Thereās something going on, and thereās something wrong.ā ...
Pause to reflect: Do you, dear reader, know the intentions of everyone with whom you share an affiliation? Everyone at your church, on your flag football team, in your D&D campaign, in your motorcycle club, in your schoolās PTA, at your job, in your classroom? Would you feel justly accused if the fellow sitting three seats ahead of you in church or in class shot up his neighborhood and the authorities assumed you must have known he was planning such a thing because of a shared affiliation?
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