Terror in London

The senseless bombing of innocent civilians in London last week reminds us all that the war against terrorism is not going to be limited to the streets of Baghdad and Kabul. Once again, the terrorists have shown their willingness to use any means necessary to scare people into submission. There should be no sympathy for these murderers, and their indiscriminant targeting of civilians is absolutely inexcusable.

We should listen to commentary from the Arab world regarding their problems with increasing Western intervention in their business, but violent attacks by extremists will not lead to anything but more bloodshed and hatred. A moderate voice needs to rise up and truly show that the actions of terrorists do not have the support of the Islamic world. Islam is not a religion of hatred, but it is being hijacked by fringe elements, and being used to justify atrocious acts that no religion would ever support.

I pray that the people of London will be able to recover from these attacks and get on with their lives. I also hope that this will only strengthen the resolve of all civilized people in the world to denounce and destroy those who use terror as a means to advance their own distorted vision of the world.

This is a good website started after the attacks

http://www.werenotafraid.com/