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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame

I'm looking everywhere and all I hear is the the usual excuse. The Western media control the entire planet and so despite the fact that virtually every Muslim in the world is preaching patience nobody hears the message because we don't want to. Hmmm sorry but no but the terrorists are making a HUGE NOISE and in reply I don't hear anything of significance.

Okay, how about actually trying to find out what the majority believe:

Start with the largest Muslim population in the world, the Indonesians (195 million). Recently the Indonesian government arrested a number of radical clerics. You can read about the reaction of the leader of the largest muslim group in the country, who approves the arrests, and speaks out against violence.

"When I was in Ambon [the capital of the restive Maluku province] I met with leaders of 11 radical organizations. I told them that Islam has never taught offensive actions against other religions. I told them that what Prophet Muhammad did [in battle] was just in self defense; it was never aggression.
"Soon after Prophet Muhammad had conquered Mecca, he said that everybody, including the enemies, were secure. The churches and synagogues could hold services without fear. No single tree was to be uprooted or cut. This means that there must be no killing."

http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/782.cfm

Here's the top Islamic clerics in Pakistan (161 million) have to say:

"Islam does not allow killing of innocent civilians and non-combatants under any circumstances," he said in an interview with the BBC News website."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4711003.stm

Or leading clerics in India (154 million muslims):

"Islam is the religion of peace. The Quran says that killing even one human being amounts to killing the entire humanity. There could be no justification for killing an innocent man and such activities become highly condemnable if the perpetrators use holy names."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/N...11,curpg-2.cms

Those are the leading clerics for over 500 million Muslims, (more than a third of the worldwide population). And I don't doubt that if you went through most of the other populous muslim nations, you'd find similar perspectives. That's a pretty significant representation of objection to terrorism, and should bear more weight in determining the perspective of Muslims in regards to terrorism than clerics who preach to relatively small muslim populations.