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To: ExCane who wrote (5813)	3/5/2007 12:50:15 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 20106

"... Please provide examples of where muslims are loud on this issue, I only know of very few. Thanks." I am not sure I can provide examples that would satisfy the people here. There have been quite a few articles, even some posted here, where the emphasis is placed on some bad act committed by a Muslim, while the fact that it was a Muslim who was risking life and limb to bring that bad act to light gets ignored. I personally have condemned heinous acts of Radical Extremists on this thread and notice the comments posted about me, by some. I'm a called a liar, an apologist, and worse if you believe PMs posted to me. There are obvious reasons why Muslims in some foreign cultures wont speak about heinous events. If we learned nothing else from our conflicts with Saddam we should have gained an understanding of that. There haven't been any terrorist events in North America since 911, even though some have likely been instigated. Should we conclude that Non-Muslims have kept a tight lid on the millions of Muslims or is there a more unbiased explanation? If you put spokes persons for Catholocism, Seventh Day Adventism, Mormonism, Lutheranism, Southern Babtism, etc on the streets to rage about what is wrong with Christianity and who is responsible for Christians who've gone bad in the world, and you demanded that they get loud and express their rage over it, and that they do it in every venue possible, and never stop, we would likely see inner conflicts even violent one's that does more harm than good. There are millions of Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in America who are being very tolerant of one another. In addition they are often coming from cultures where any disagreements can become violent, or punishable. People who demand to see outspoken Muslim critics should think that through. I suspect some people here would love to see such eruptions in America, and if so such attitudes are condemnable. IMO What you are actually demanding they do, is act as someone like American Spirit does here on SI: Which is to deny the good of his culture and condemn his own culture for approval of others. Does that seem like a reasonable thing to demand of any American? All of the recognized Muslim spokespersons in America have condemned terrorism. The organizations they represent are usually politicalized so even that is suspect. There aren't Popes or a hierarchy of leadership within Islam. There are political leaders but they have no more legitimacy in speaking for Islam than the common man. Here is one source: americanmuslimwoman.com