Make Muslims part of the solution.

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Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, 139 Muslim-Americans have committed violent terrorist acts, been convicted of terrorism charges involving violence, or been arrested with charges pending. Of that number, fewer than one-third executed their violent plots successfully, and most of those were overseas, according to a Justice Department-funded report issued by university scholars, who recommend that policymakers reinforce proven anti-radicalization activities now under way in Muslim-American communities to address this low--but hardly insignificant--level of terrorist activity.

"Muslim-American organizations and the vast majority of individuals that we interviewed firmly reject the radical extremist ideology that justifies the use of violence to achieve political ends," emphasizes coauthor David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.

Adds coauthor Charles Kurzman, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: "Muslim-American communities have been active in preventing radicalization. This is one reason that Muslim-American terrorism has...