I understand this is a supercharged issue, but I have an important (to me) question on the subject:
With terrorist attacks on virtually every free world power and alliance since September 11, 2001, why have not peaceful Islamic leaders rallied their flock and taken to the streets denouncing the actions of a radical militant few?
Islam is one of the major religions in the world. Whenever Islamic fundamentalist terrorists blow something up, (Spain this weekend, Baghdad today, et. al.) why are there not religious leaders and leaders of entire Islamic nation-states standing up and condemning these atrocities? Why are there not Muslims taking to the streets denouncing these psychopaths and saying in as loud a voice as possible, "This is not Islam and we want to be part of the world community and live peacefully together."
Where are they?
It seems to me that they are doing a fantastic job of pissing off everybody in the world and, sooner or later, it will become politically advantageous to engage in an unspoken genocide. On the path that they are on, everyone will hate them eventually.
Where are the rational voices of one of the world's great religions?
Their collective silence is deafening to me.