Lessons to Be Learned

Salim Mansur at the Toronto Sun tells his fellow moderate Muslims that the time has come to reclaim their religion from the fanatics.

We keep assuring ourselves and others that Muslims who violate Islam are a minuscule minority, yet we fail to hold this minority accountable in public.

A bowl of milk turns into curd with a single drop of lemon. The minuscule minority we blame is this drop of lemon that has curdled and made a shambles of our Islam, yet too many of us insist against all evidence our belief somehow sets us apart as better from others.