I guess what I was focusing in on was the Mullahs, not just in the more extremist Islamic countries such as Iran, but even in the US itself--it is very, very hard to pin down the religious leaders to get a statement outright condemning the methods used by Islamic terrorists. I was glad to hear of one leading Islamic scholar in the Middle East who condemned the 9/11 attacks, but the outcry against terrorism is sadly lacking, IMO, from the religious leaders in the Muslim world, at least from what's been mentioned in the press.
The support coming from Turkey, however, has been terrific. It's been "soothing" as you said to know that at least one country is interested in helping with much more than just lip service.
-penny
There is a reason for this:
"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been wrought by God."Islam is a darkness that deceives. I don't expect the muslim community to join together with the children of God in condemning those terrorists as Godless infidels!