Quote Originally Posted by nightflier

By the way, 85% of the people there are also white (Indo-European), in case that was bothering you, too. But this is a broad brush, we're painting with, because of those 2.4M Muslims, only a small portion practice or agree with Sharia law, and an even smaller number believe in violent terrorism as a means of advancing their beliefs. And by small number, I'm talking about an extremely small fraction of the Muslim population. As a matter of fact, the British security forces have been relying heavily on cooperation from secular Muslims and they have done a remarkable job of policing their own extremists. There are still terrorist attacks, yes, but they hardly represent the views or methods of the vast majority of Muslims there.

Strangely, i find myself in alignment with 'flier on this one. I have known a great many people that were of the Muslim faith and very few came close to observing the strict laws of "proper Shiara" (and I agree with T that it has largely ben perverted to meet the political needs of certain leaders)

That occurance in Britain needs to be one that is replicated throughout the world. If there is one criticism that can be levied against moderate Muslims it's their reluctance to stand against the extremist fringe.