Clarion Call Against Terror

Fire of Liberty

I found this Op/Ed in today's Wall Street Journal (subscription) by Ahmed H. Al-Rahim, an Iraqi-American who has taught Arabic and Islamic studies at Harvard University, which called for fellow Muslims to finally stand up to the forces of terror that plague this world. I think this is probably the best and most moving part of the Op/Ed :

Alas, the battle against Islamism -- and also for the heart of Islam -- has become a battle for the West to fight. As a Muslim, these acts of terrorism committed by fellow Muslims -- and yes, they are Muslims, from whom we cannot distance ourselves by the sophistry that asserts that their version is but a perversion of Islam -- are a great source of shame. But what is more shameful is that there are no mass Muslim protests to speak of against terrorism that is committed in our name. In the same way that Muslims have protested against alleged desecrations of the Quran, they now should be out in full force in the streets of Cairo, London and New York, sending a clear message to the Islamists that Enough is Enough. Why not a "Million Muslim March" on Washington, of law-abiding Muslim citizens clamoring to reclaim their faith from those who would kill innocents in its name? Muslims must no longer stand by while murder and suicide bombings are committed in their name.

I hope more individuals like Al-Rahim stand up to the merchants of death that are taking Islam down a dark road of destruction.