While I sympathize with some of the attempt to exonerate Islam from the vicious attacks on Tuesday, in a real theological sense there is a basis for such terrorist action in legitimate interpretations of their theology. Any theology that puts the main source of evil in the world to be external to the human heart thereby suggests that the only obstacles preventing paradise on earth are also external, merely behavioral, and can be remedied by strong political or military action. So if the US is the main obstacle to the implementation of Sharia law worldwide, then the US must be attacked. Hence, though some Muslims may believe that terrorism is specifically excluded by teachings from the Qoran, at a much deeper level Islamic theology encourages the attempt to impose their law on all people and exterminate the sources of resistance.
Go to ChannelNewsAsia and participate in the forum there. You'll see that even the Muslims who claim to denounce the attacks usually end up also denouncing America, trying to get us to "understand" (i.e. sympathize with) the terrorists, and denouncing the just elimination of the terrorists. So even many of the "moderates" end up effectively supporting the terrorists' agenda.
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