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There seems to be a feeling that they are justified in chopping the heads off people because either they feel offended by others comments/cartoons of their relegion. Or they feel blowing up people on the tube is OK because they disagree with the Governements foreign policy and their involvment in the Iraq war.
Although the extreamists do these actions the rest of the Muslim community needs to become outraged by the actions done in their name - instead the silence speaks volumes
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I am not sure how accurate that is. The majority of Muslims do not support chopping off people's heads or blowing people up. And where is this occuring? In areas ripped apart by lawlessness or war where the government is either corrupt or weak.
Many muslims do speak out against it. Why don't we hear about it? Perhaps we should ask the media. Maybe it makes for less interesting news then blowing people up.
One could also ask why aren't more Christians speaking out against comments made by religious leaders concerning the AIDS epidemic? Answer - like Islam, it's a diverse and sometimes contentious community that doesn't tend to speak with one voice. It's expected of Muslims but not, apparently, of other religious groups to apologize for the actions of it's extremists.