This is what I tried to argue after the 7/7 London bombings. Even as one has repeatedly assailed the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and widespread human rights abuses as part of the terror war, one has never shied away from taking on the extremists who claim to speak on behalf of Muslims and yet shed innocent blood.
In fact, I see these elements as greatest threat to Islam and Muslims because they kill in the name of our faith and distort its humane teachings. Which is why one has constantly pleaded with Muslim intellectuals and leaders to raise their voice against this lunatic fringe.
God knows we can't afford to lose this battle of hearts and minds. The Muslims really need to make some noise; making it clear to the world that this is not the Islam we know (no apologies to Bush).
That said, I find these expectations from Indian Muslims to prove they are not with the terrorists, every time there's an attack of this sort rather disconcerting. Why do we have to prove our innocence and loyalty to the land that has been our home for more than a thousand years every time there's an incident like this?
http://newageislam.com/we-are-victims-too/islam,terrorism-and-jihad/d/28
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9:32 PM
Moderate Islamist here
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