Response of the people

Added: Monday, 9 July, 2007, 13:32 GMT 14:32 UK

Why are we not seeing clerics and Muslims protesting around the world, voicing their opposition to the Red Mosque's perverted version of Islam? Why does a single cartoon cause mass protests around the world, but taking hundreds of innocent women and children hostage and using them as human shields doesn't garner a peep? Where are the normally outraged in Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and on and on? Who will stand up publicly and denounce extremism? Their silence speaks volumes.

AK, Riyadh

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Until the majority in those countries rise up and take a stand, we will have further “versions of Lal masjids” in each and every one of those countries.