So how does this good news fit with the Mark Steyn mantra that "moderate Islam is a myth"?
Steyn's one of your heroes, right?

Well Bruce, the more that Muslims show us infidels that they are part of a world of community that is shared by other faiths and other ways of living and actually standing up in public to condemn acts of terrorism, the more us "infidels" may start to believe that there is good will among them. It is my experience of life, and I have been on this planet a great length of time, that Muslims on the whole seem much more inclined to make a public fuss over perceived slights than they are to boldly step up and condemn the acts of terrorists.

Well Bruce, the more that Muslims show us infidels that they are part of a world of community that is shared by other faiths and other ways of living, and actually stand up in public to condemn acts of terrorism, the more us "infidels" may start to believe that there is a body of good will among them. It is my experience of life, and I have been on this planet a great length of time, that Muslims on the whole seem much more inclined to make a public fuss over perceived slights than they are to boldly step up and condemn the acts of terrorists.
Given this reality that is quite often the case, your sarcasm concerning where Mr. Steyn stands on the subject of Muslim "moderates" is unwarranted. Mark Steyn is a brilliant writer who calls it as he sees it and is quite able to change his views should the phenomenon of "moderate Muslims" come to be less of a trickle and more of a deluge.
I have prayed mightily over the years that I too might witness "enlightenment" come into the Islamic faith to the extent that a majority of Muslims would demonstrate the courage of conviction that might allow them to publicly condemn terrorism without all the caveats they are forever adding. When Muslims condemn terrorism against Israel, I will know that I have arrived. But still, I shall always look for lesser accomplishments along the way to that miracle.

Well doggone it, that'll teach me to be more cautious when I transfer text to my word processor to check for spelling and grammatical structure before posting it. Excuse my sloppiness please and pretend you don't see that repeated paragraph there.

And I will try to improve on my attention to detail the next time that I post.

Well doggone it, that'll teach me to be more cautious when I transfer text to my word processor to check for spelling and grammatical structure before posting it. Excuse my sloppiness please and pretend you don't see that repeated paragraph there.

And I will try to improve on my attention to detail the next time that I post. What repeated paragraph?

Well doggone it, that'll teach me to be more cautious when I transfer text to my word processor to check for spelling and grammatical structure before posting it. Excuse my sloppiness please and pretend you don't see that repeated paragraph there.

And I will try to improve on my attention to detail the next time that I post.

What repeated paragraph?

Now Tim, I can tell you're kiddin' with me by posting a double submission. But the solidarity is appreciated.

Bury them in a common pit, unmarked, and be done with it.

Let them rot. Maybe on the boat they arrived on.

These bodies after they are tagged bagged and id they should be burned without services after 1 week.

They were dishonorable and cowardly in life and their body's treatment should reflect it. If the Muslim street does not like it they should do more about it like tell these people it is not ok to be a craven coward.

Let Muslims Clerics issue a Fatwa against terrorism. Have them issue a Fatwa against force conversion by the sword to Islam(Which what the whole beheading thing is if they convert they are spared). Have them issue one against killing apostates. Have them issue one against honor killing. After that as start I will believe that we have moderate Muslims.

Bravo!

I'm so glad to hear this and I hope they continue to stand firm and others follow their lead.

Dump their filthy remains in the nearest sewer.

Muslims rejecting Islamoterrorists!? I'm shocked. However, it was an Indian Muslim reacting to what was essentially an attack on India. It probably wasn't too difficult. In fact, he probably would have been the recipient of a huge backlash had he accepted the bodies.

I'd like to see a few Muslim clerics from Arab countries denouncing this terrorism. I won't hold my breath waiting.

Let the buzzards consume their carcasses.

Hey guys, read this below URL...a huge confluence of indian muslims issued a fatwa against terrorism.

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ne221108coverstory.asp

i think we should give them a chance and assimilate

1 - CONSTRUCT A BIG FERTILIZER FACTORY. 2- COLLECT ALL EXTREMISTS FROM ALL RELIGIONS , GRINED THEM IN A BIG MIXTURE AND CONVERT THEM INTO FERTILIZER TO CHANGE DESERTS TO GREEN LAND ,.... BY THIS WAY THE GLOBLE WEATHER WILL CHANGE TO YHE BETER AND THE POOR WILL BE FED .WE CANNOT SUFFER ANY MORE . THEY ARE WAST PRODUCT . ALL RULERS OF THE WORLD MUST UNITE TOGTHER AND TAKE THIS ACTION WITHOUT ANY MERCY .

Why all religions, Ahmed? How about we just do that to people who actually kill someone, or try?

Because it wouldn't be inclusive any more?

Synovia,
Name a religion whose fundies have not killed people, or tried to. And not in the misty past, either. Catholics killed Protestants in Northern Ireland, and vice versa. Orthodox Serbs killed Catholic Croats and secularized Muslims in Yugoslavia. An ultra-Orthodox Jew killed Rabin. "Aryan Christian" McVeigh killed hundreds in OK City. A fundamentalist Hindu killed Gandhi!
The list of religion-based killers is inclusive indeed.

Atheists too, Bruce. Stalin, for one. Mao for another.

The list of killers is far more inclusive than the religion-haters willingly admit.

Don't include me in the religion-hater category, McGehee.
My comment to Synova was because she(he?) seemed to imply that only Muslims were capable of murder in the name of religion. That's simply not true, as I've pointed out. But if you want me to be PC, then, yes, atheists kill people, too. Happy now?