As the United States expands its efforts to counter
the threat presented by violent extremism, it continues to emphasize the need to confront the ideology that motivates and enables it. In the case of violent Islamist extremism, this includes the few militant Muslims, who carry out or support terrorist violence, and the far greater number who have developed a dogmatic view of Islam, characterized by intolerance and hostility towards non-Muslims or towards their co-religionists who hold different views.
Such intolerant attitudes contribute to violence by propagating an ideology that condones and affirms violence carried out in the name of defending religion.
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