Why peaceful Moslems do not condemn the Terrorists?

I am a muslim and I am truly against those terrorist acts. If it were true that the 911 was done by muslims and was done based on muslim teachings then I would have to say that they have somehow been mislead. I have known all my life that Islam is a peaceful religion. I also agree with one of the previous response here that the meaning of jihad has been totally twisted and misunderstood. Jihad doesn't necessarily mean that we have to be destructive and eliminate all non-muslims by sacrificing ourselves in the name of God. A mother giving birth to her baby is jihad. Completing your task and obligation is jihad. Defending the right from the wrong is jihad. When I walk to school to fulfill my obligations in seeking knowledge, it's jihad. P.S.: I did not see the video you mentioned. The url just lead me to a webpage with no more links. That Horrowitz name is awfully familiar, though.

Couldn't resolve host 'www.terorismawareness.org' i condemn terrorism, intrusion and colonialisms, but i don't have the ability to....condemn? i think i don't have the ability to stop them. but i believe everything happen have the reason, positive, and negative effect. And its not about Jihad only, but it looks like term Jihad is quite popular nowadays since the 911. I think the term Jihad was misinterpreted to terrorism. And i believe Asian see it in different point of view than the West. And i thing there's no point to relate the terrorism with the Quran without solid knowledge about it. I never relate the intrusion and terrorism with the Bible too. I don't think there's necessary for Holy War anymore in this current era. But what i can see its more about political than religion essential. We should understand other people's feelings and problems before accusing anything. So, lets save our planet!

When the Bamian Buddha Statues were to be destroyed in Afganistan, Muslims in Sri Lanka held mass protests and did their best to stop the destruction. But as you know they were unable to do it. Just one example where Muslims have spoken out against extremist idiots.

Firstly, the word "terrorists" is very subjective, although terrorism is appropriately and fairly defined by most dictionaries. Over the years, several people have been called terrorists and insurgents for resisting entities seeking to dictate and/or plunder from them. For instance, in the 1770s, North Americans resisting British impositions over them (acts that eventually laid the foundation for “We the people …”) were called terrorists and insurgents by the British - US president Ronald Reagan is credited to have said, “one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.” I believe the word "terrorists" have been used over the years by bullies and true terrorists to tarnish and stigmatize those who would not blindly comply with just about anything and are smart enough to see the mazes of world events! Therefore, like thinkers and knowledgeable individuals, I believe that "peaceful Muslims" would be passive only due to knowledge of facts. What most Americans forget is that, before there were the tragedies of 911/2001, there were the Iran/Iraq war (where the US government played both sides of the game), Libya, kosovo, Grenada, Panama (and where, by the way, is Mr. Noriega?) and etc. The US government, by its very deceptive acts, over the years, have brought more misery upon nations, and thus brought upon itself some of the retaliatory acts by some members of these nations. No one has summarized US's worldwide involvements better than Blum in his "Brief history of US interventions" - http://thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html Sometimes, unfortunately, true knowledge about world events would cause even a saint to become angry and/or remain passive. And by the way, I found the documentaries by David Horowitz to be full of too many inaccuracies! The man is either very ignorant of world facts or simply out to spread more false propaganda about event in the Middle East. For example: David Horowitz alleges that the Ottoman Empire created Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and that Israel was created in 1948, just to name a few! All the above have been around from since Old Testament days, a solid fact that most never seem to take into account and, yet, it is the key to resolving (or in attempting to resolve) any land dispute in the Middle East! And as I have often said, dynasty Israel, the creation of Holy texts, is indeed an added problem in the Middle East. Though your David Horowitz accuses Jimmy Carter of been "against Jews," Jimmy Carter is simply being realistic! Those Middle Easterners are simply fighting for their homelands, like you, too, would, if your homeland was taken away and given to another! And I add: Take away Holy texts, and you take away Israel! Israel, in fact, does not exists outside Holy texts!

No, I don't think your friend is an exception. In Islam, Allah is to be held above everything and everyone and it's aim is to make sure everyone in the world submits. Here is an article about someone who has been and is speaking out. http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD188508 Not many speak out because they could be killed and/or they believe the terrorists are martyrs. The ones who should be speaking out against the violence are the ones teaching it.

The link won't work, "server not found". I do know that the American media picks and chooses what we get to see. There have been several demonstrations against jihad in various cities and Muslims have spoken out in interviews or letters but we generally do not see them. I know this because I have friends all over the country and they see the peace marches and hear the people being interviewed on the street for radio and tv and those usually never make it to the public. I don't know why this is, but I do know that the media manipulates us. I'd be interested to see that clip, too bad the link won't work. Try again?

That is terrible. I have heard peaceful Muslims condemn violent Muslims. I am not sure if they are supposed. But the use of ones religon as an excuse to harm others is truly the worst of all crimes. Muhammad in no way supports the violence in His writings. He only allows for defence if one is being attacked.