Moderate Muslim commentator on Australian news this morning deploring the attack and saying these people are on the fringe of the fringe.
We had a thing here after the Lindt cafe attack. If you were Muslim and felt intimidated riding public transport because of the risk of being assaulted by non-Muslims, there was a Twitter hashtag, #illridewithyou so non-Muslims would protect Muslims from those sorts of reprisals. Seems to have worked as there was no backlash reported in the media.
And that is because Western values of tolerance are better than that.
Having said that, The Economist asks when Islam will have it's Martin Luther Reformation moment.
