More Muslim leaders should condemn violence

Great editorial "Fear leads to hatred, hatred to anger" in the Nov. 20 edition.

As you said, what we need is "..more moderate Muslims like Akram [an imam for one of Chicago's oldest mosques], need to continue to speak out and condemn these acts." The problem is, although Akram says their religion forbids killing another human being over nothing, according to the media, some Muslims are encouraged to do just that by imams in other mosques.

Do not those who are radicalized in mosques and go to Syria to kill believe they are doing so in the name of Islam and Allah?

Apparently there is no universal agreement about what is allowed or even encouraged by Islam. Does not ISIS state boldly that they kill in the name of Islam? I read no universal condemnation of this by imams throughout the world.

Maybe the media should invite imams throughout the world to express their condemnation and express boldly that ISIS does not represent Islam. Then broadcast that as loudly as they do the words from ISIS leaders.

Better that than hiding this view inside our local paper. I am still bothered that after 9/11 and the statement that it was done in the name of Islam, Muslim organizations published full page ads in major newspapers, not to condemn the attacks and the notion that this was done in the name of Islam, but to simply say, it was not them.

Robert Miller

Inverness