Actually, the inference you stated WAS the common opinion but it appears that is being challenged internally, the point of the article, hence thte growing debate:
Abdul Rahman al-Rashed, director of the Dubai-based satellite network Al Arabiya and a well-known Saudi journalist, created a ruckus this fall with a newspaper column saying Muslims must confront the fact that most terrorist acts are perpetrated by Muslims.
"The danger specifically comes from the ideas and the preaching of violence in the name of religion," he said, adding, "I am more convinced there is a problem with the culture, the modern culture of radicalism, which people have to admit. Without recognizing that as fact number one, that statistically speaking most terrorists are Muslims, we won't be able to solve it."
Lots of places were exploited by Europeans and Americans yet most terrorists are Muslims.
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"It is like this now because for centuries Muslims have been told that Islam was spread by the sword, that all Arab countries and even Spain were captured by the sword and we are proud of that," he said. "In the minds of ordinary people, people on the street, the religion of Islam is the religion of the sword. This is the culture, and we have to change it."
The conference in question in Morroco opened today. Here's how it was advanced by Al-Jazeera, further reflecting introspection.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3FC...C18F7C2821F.htm
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