Muslims marched against terrorism in Cologne, Germany today, in a heartening display of the so-called silent majority’s opposition to Islamist extremism:
About 20,000 people marched through the western German city of Cologne Sunday in a demonstration against Islamic terrorism that was organized by a Muslim group.
Carrying placards proclaiming that “religion doesn’t produce terror” and that “terror is a crime against humanity,” two groups estimated by police at about 10,000 each converged for a rally in a downtown square.
Germany’s Muslim community is largely Turkish in origin, and its institutions are perhaps less hijacked by extremist groups than other Muslim communities in Europe – for example, France.
I can’t find any reports on whether this march also denounced terrorism against Israel. I somehow doubt it. But even despite this, it is encouraging to see people speaking out against terrorism, because the battle between the moderates and the extremists for the hearts and minds of Muslims in the West is still raging.
I don’t think there’s any love lost between Turks and Arabs.
Actually, Turkey has pretty good relations with Israel lately. They share a couple of pains, Syria and Iran.
Fascinating bit of history (Turkish) in todays column at;
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/
I did not know that, other than the 1915 Genocide I mean.
Turkey pulls out all the stops to stop fundamentalists from taking power in their democratically-elected House of Reps. But you have to wonder how much of that is just due to their hopes of joining the EU.
so-called silent majority’s opposition
silent majority of whom?
Muslims or non-Muslims?