[Livia]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I think that is a little unfair, most Islamic organisations have always condemned terrorism, if you take a look at this site they have links to dozens of statements by various Muslim leaders/scholars/etc. condemning 9/11 and other attacks

Personally I feel there is constantly an unjustified pressure for Muslims to condemn and distance themselves from extremists, the vast majority do and are very happy to do so yet there always seems to be a perception that they're not doing enough, a criticism that doesn't seem to get levied on most other religions

Thanks for the link MTVN, I'll look at it...

Most other religions don't get pressured to distance themselves from terrorism because Muslim fundamentalists are undoubtedly the biggest terror group today. And because of their political touchiness, people are a little scared of them and I think that's the way they like it.

I'd like to see more Muslims come forward, people like the gentleman in Birmingham whose son was killed in the riots recently. Although he was dealing with the crushing grief of losing his son, he was so eloquent and did his community a massive service by both what he said and the way he said it. We need more like him, to win the hearts and minds of people who have only a negative image of Muslims, an image perpetuated by acts such as wanting to build a mosque on (or near) the site of the twin towers.