Why aren't Muslims speaking out? Options

[radhikaeatsraman]

I was having a discussion with my uncle and my father about the current situation with terrorism and the Middle East. During the discussion, I kept emphasizing that the majority of Muslims are good people and probably don't support terrorists and their actions. But then they said that they're all keeping quiet, and that by doing that, they're indirectly supporting it. By ignoring it, it's going to continue.

Then, they went on to say that in order for the terrorists to commit these acts, they need money for weapons and other equipment. Who provides it? Right after 9/11, millions of Muslims across the US were caught having connections to al-Qaeda, and many of them are in prison for it.

So why aren't "good Muslims" speaking out? Is it because of fear, or are they quietly supporting it?

[sadolakced acid]

Didn't they have a meeting in the Vatican about the sex abuse scandals? The Catholic Church is not afraid to defrock priests.

I've heard nothing on the news about Muslim clerics condemning the riots. Neither have I heard of many clerics condeming terrorism. They issue fatwahs against people who write books, but when someone commits a terrorist act, nothing is done.

Muslims in the west are treated much better than Christians in the middle east.

Can we really say Islam is the religion of peace then?

last i heard, the catholic church had decided to defend the pedophile priests.

they've probably changed, but it doesn't affect my point.