David Warren congratulates a handful of intelligent Muslims who are challenging their religion's fanatics. It takes courage and resilience. Excerpt from conclusion:
Since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, many thousand other barbaric acts have been reported, around the world, each one performed explicitly in the name of Allah. This is fact, not prejudice, and our refusal to make Islam an issue plays directly into the fanatics' hands.
It is not our business to “define Islam”, as so many Muslims aver. It is the Muslims' duty to define it, in such a way that we will not mistake it for a sword held to our own throats. For when it is presented as a sword, it becomes our business.
