1) Immediately upon being caught hatching another one of their murderous schemes, announce that Muslims are "concerned over a backlash." This does two things: it puts the handwringers and moral cowards into a defensive posture (they back off for fear of seeming "intolerant" or "insensitive), and it forestalls any meaningful retaliation that might prevent such occurrences in the future.
2) Blame vague, cultural ephemera for turning innocent, loving children into crazed murderers. Ask rhetorical and pointless questions like "Where did our communities fail these young men?" and "How can our society defuse the angst that drives ordinary middle-class youths to do such horrible things?" This provides another shield for the perpetrators, and shifts the blame from Islam, where it truly lies, to "the community" and "society," entities that can be described but never pinned down. It also absolves Muslim leaders of any responsiblity for their inflammatory exhortations, and short-circuits any attempt to build a case for conspiracy to incite murder.
3) Deny, deny, deny. After the situation has calmed somewhat, hint that in fact it never even occurred, at least not in the way it has been described by the media. Show that the arrests and interdictions were the result of bigotry and stereotyping by hate-filled Western authorities, feeble attempts to bolster slipping popularity or gain support for even more oppressive measures against the peace-loving Muslim community. This plays on the innate distrust many people have of government, and exploits the suspicions many have of politicians' motives. It might be best to let the denials be handled by one of the more extreme groups, since repeated denial of documented facts tends to erode the credibility of more mainstream organizations.
Your comments are excellent, as they always are.
Cogent synopsis of Post-Action/Post-Detection Muslim Apologist Standard Operating Procedure. But Item 3 should not be "deny, deny, deny" but "lie, lie, lie." The apologists are saying Bush and Blair fabricated this and not that it did not transpire. But the point was made elsewhere in your post. I am just overbearing before Sunday scotch.
"...the Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex order and freedom can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without and multiplying from within." -- Will Durant
$#it. I wouldn't be surprised if you had just cut-and-pasted the first page of the Al Qaeda handbook.