How many wake-up calls do we need? Most faith groups have at some point in their histories seen their compasses falter, as deviants exploited their altars. However, those same faith groups have also eventually assumed responsibility for exposing, exterminating, and marginalising the cancers who are their own. The need for Muslims to act now cannot be overstated, for it becomes exponentially more difficult after each horrific bombing. My fellow Muslims must immediately — and in large numbers — become proactive in the war against militant Islamists, or soon it may be too late. We owe it to the nations in which we live, as well as to our truly pluralistic faith.

Many people ask what they or their communities could possibly do to counter a cancer like Islamo-fascism. But all Muslims — and all Muslim organisations — can play an active role in this battle. The immediate reaction to the London devastation should be declaration after declaration by Muslim leaders around the world that we will redirect all of our resources to combat al Qaeda and every other militant Islamist body, in order to extinguish their barbarism. These barbarians should hear words from moderate Muslims around the globe that make them fear they will never again find a single religious haven for their ideology. As pluralistic Muslims take away from them the mantle of faith and the acceptance of their formative ideologies, they will be left with nothing but the depths of their own evil. — Beliefnet.com