Quote Originally Posted by Aaron385
Do you think modern society would react differently if more people in the muslim community actually spoke out againts the actions of their extremists?
It is done from time to time. Shortly after 9/11 my parents next door neighbors, a very nice Muslim family we've known for years, came by specifically to say that they found the actions of the terrorists deplorable, not representative of the general Muslim comunity, and that they hoped my parents wouldn't think poorly of them because of it. We have a pretty large Muslim population here in the San Francisco area and I heard a lot of other stories like this.

Unfortunately, and although I believe my parents neighbors were sincere, its really all just talk. What the Muslim community really needs to do is to start policing its own. You always hear about terrorists "recruiting" new members or funds at the local mosques. I can't help but wonder how many Muslims know about these activities but never say anything even if they disagree. But yeah, I would definitely think the attitude of non-Muslims would definietly be different if we started see more headlines like "Local Muslims turn over extremest group to authorities"