Because the terrorists are mainstream...and not viewed as "extremists" ... terrorists as "Muslim extremists" is an artifical construct of non-Muslims who really don't want to understand Islam. -Bruce
Muslim leaders divided over existence of extremism in their communities http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=29a5f8eb-d75b-4141-b94d-154 1cf990733 Adrian Humphreys and Jeffrey Hawkins CanWest News Service; National Post Monday, June 05, 2006 TORONTO -- While Muslim leaders distanced themselves from the extremist ideology said to be behind the sweeping terrorism charges laid on the weekend, some community members say they are seeing more young men attracted to a radical influence. "So many people in our community think it is not here, that it is nothing to worry about," said Ahmed Amiruddan, chairman of the Ahlus Sunnah Foundation of Canada. "I keep saying, you have to be careful of extremist ideology. It is in our community. More than 80 per cent of our mosques are being penetrated by these guys," he said. Salman Hasan, director of the Islamic Foundation of Toronto, a large Islamic centre, said he has recently found some members of his mosque exhibiting signs of extremism, but dismisses them as misguided young men. "They were just like other confused young minds that needed love and guidance," he said Sunday. Other Muslim community members, however, said the notion of extremist Islamic ideology in Canadian mosques is largely a media concoction. "We don't see what you hear (about us) in the media," said Haroon Salamat, head of the TARIC Islamic Centre of Toronto. Salamat was one of several leaders of the city's Muslim community at a press conference Sunday, with Toronto police Chief Bill Blair, to condemn the alleged terrorist plans. When the leaders were asked if they had witnessed talk of extremism in their mosques, Imam Hamid Slimi, leader of the Rexdale mosque that had its front windows smashed in early Sunday morning, said: "Absolutely not." "And if any of us ever hear, or have heard, of any of our members speaking about acts of violence or death, we would obviously call the police," he said. "Canadian Muslims absolutely condemn any acts of violence, or threats of violence, including terrorism," said Mohammad Alam, president of the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. "We, as all Canadians, are shocked by the recent arrests of young Muslim men and teenagers and the very serious allegations against them." The actions of these men "do not reflect the ideology of the Muslim faith," said Abdul Patel, co-chair of Blair's Muslim consultative committee. "We should not (all) be brush-painted with such a broad brush." Blair said he has instructed his divisional commanders to reach out to Muslim community leaders and "increase their patrols in and around mosques and Muslim community centres." Aly Hindy, Imam at the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in suburban Scarborough, Ont., said the charges are politically motivated and anti-Muslim. 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