Locals Must Desire Change First

"These contradictions infuriate the young widowed hairdresser from Blida. “They say adultery is haram, then they kidnap girls and they are raped by fifty men. How can you talk about religion after this?” I ask her how one can fight fundamentalist violence. She insists she does not want her words used to justify military intervention in Algeria, as occurred in Iraq. Terrorism is an Algerian problem that has to be resisted by Algerians, she says. The widowed hairdresser believes that everything comes from the people. In Algeria, people turned against terrorism: “They became aware.”
........ If anyone is confused about what Muslim fundamentalism can mean in the lives of Muslims, the members of Djazairouna, many of whom are deeply religious themselves, can set them straight with stories of their Algeria.

- Karima Bennoune. Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here. (Algerian)