I confess that I haven't had a conversation with a Muslim for years. Decades, I imagine. And, where I live, there are none to be seen.
Still, I have made the presumption that the vast majority of American Muslims, at least, are appalled by events like 9/11 and 7/7. As I think about it, though, I am not aware of any news stories reporting Muslim leaders denouncing the actions of terrorist and terrorist acts such as these.
It could be that the MSM chooses not to broadcast these denunciations. Or it could be, I suppose, that they have not been forthcoming.
In any event, experiences such as your father's cause me to wonder...
The day after the 9/11 attacks, our newspaper printed a quote from a 14 year old American born Palestinian boy from north Jersey : "Now they know how we feel."
Now I know how they think. I look at even the most Westernized Muslims with suspicion. Fellow Muslims are their first loyalty.
During the cold war,we would not let in peaceful, moderate Communists who just wanted to make the world Communist in a peaceful moderate way.
How many of us are going to have to die before we stop letting them in?
Mrs VS