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American Muslim leaders would like to help root out extremists?
True effort or taqqiya? I'm not clever enough to venture an opinion. EFL.American Muslim leaders say they have already taken up the challenge facing British Muslims after this month's deadly suicide bombings, helping law enforcement root out extremists. But their efforts face a similar problem - getting support from all the faithful. The Muslim Public Affairs Council, an advocacy group based in Los Angeles, last year started the "National Anti-Terrorism Campaign," urging Muslims to monitor their own communities, speak out more boldly against violence and work with law enforcement officials. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights organization, is running a TV ad and a petition-drive called "Not in the Name of Islam," which repudiates terrorism. And Muslims in New York and several other cities have joined FBI advisory committees to resolve complaints about law enforcement and educate government agents about the religion. But winning broader support for these undertakings among the nation's more than 2 million Muslims has been difficult since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Muslim leaders say. Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-25 |
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