America's Truth Forum Terrorism Conference

We just returned from attending America's Truth Forum's terrorism conference in Washington DC. The symposium was fascinating.

The biggest area of disagreement (approximately 2 speakers versus 13 speakers) was about whether there are enough anti-terrorism Muslims to make a difference in fighting the Global jihad.

To be sure there are "cultural Muslims" who are not devout and who oppose violent jihad, the jihad of war and killing. One ex-Muslim described them to me as the silent Muslims. The "good Muslims," that is the devout Muslims who study and know the words of the Koran and sayings of Mohammed agree with Osama bin Laden.

Polls taken after 9/11 indicate that 40% to 50% of Muslims agree with bin Laden and his methods.

One speaker Walid Shoebat, an ex-Hamas terrorist, was asked in a BBC interview (immediately before the lefty interviewer terminated the interview) whether the problem wasn't really fundamentalists of all stripes. Mr. Shoebat responded that "A fundamentalist Christian will witness to you. As a fundamentalist Muslim, I will cut your head off."

The disheartening thing will be the inevitably leftist press reaction (I refer to the NY Times, the Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC) that it is the anti-terrorists, rather than the terrorists who are spreading hate.