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.
The Muslim "fringe of the fringe" is one hell of a big and prolific club, worldwide!
For all the PC crap of how this is just a tiny non-representative group, in all the years since 9-11-2001, I have
NEVER seen any muslim apologize for 9-11, and certainly none of the muslims I know personally or professionally. They often say "You can't judge a whole religion by a few..."
And even get indignant at the suggestion of widespread Islamic violence.
But they never say it is wrong, or that it embarrasses them as a muslim to have this done in the name of their religion.
