Concur 1,000%. Their silence is thunderous. It says way too much. Where are the vocal Muslims against these atrocities? Sure, you can see what looks like a government arranged support gathering in Pakistan, and you can hear supportive Muslims at Mosque's when President Bush is visiting them and queing them with nice words ... but WHERE are the "outraged" Arabs, Islams, Muslims, Arab non-Muslims, etc. that should be in the streets, on the TV, in the press and more protesting these actions.
If this author is the best that we can do, then the Islamic faith has basically admitted that their faith is the cause of such fanaticalism.