Muslim leaders reject criticism that they are not doing enough to denounce terrorists from BBC

Muslim leaders have responded with anger to a senior Catholic leader's suggestion they had not done enough to denounce terrorism.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, head of the church in England and Wales, said he sympathised with the stance of the former Archbishop of Canterbury.

Lord Carey has argued that not enough Muslim moderates condemned attacks carried out "in the name of Allah".

The Muslim Council of Britain said the comments were "wholly unjustified".

In response to the cardinal's entry into the row, a spokesman said continuing to beat the Muslim community with the stick of terrorism would have a negative impact on inter-faith relations.

So , you get beat with a stick while you sit back and say nothing about your Muslim brothers who are killing thousands with bombs. It is your silence that is having a "negative impact on inter-faith relations". Until we see your leaders on television, on the radio and in the press, publicly denouncing bin Laden, Al-Qaeda and the rest by name then the comments are more than justified.

A spokesman for the MCB said he was at a loss to understand the cardinal's comments.

You don't understand why he said you are not doing enough? Here is why.

The Muslim Council of Britain recently took the unprecedented step of writing to every mosque, urging people to help in the fight against terror.

You see, that is unprecedented, as never been done before and first time; get the idea. So you write a "letter" and you "urge". Big deal! How about organizing a mass demonstration in the center of London and have your most prominent leaders on stage publicly and by name denounce bin Laden, Al-Qaeda and all the terrorists organizations. It will never happen and therefore it is your fault that you "get beat with the terrorism stick" and relations between you and the rest of the world suffer. Peace comes with a price and you pay; one way or another.

Lord Carey caused outrage with his lecture in Rome last month when he said regimes in Islamic countries were often authoritarian and committed to power and privilege.

He added people looked to Muslims to condemn suicide bombers and terrorists who destroyed innocent lives.

But apart from a few courageous examples, very few Muslim leaders clearly condemned the evil of suicide bombers, he claimed.


All true.