I do realize that the hijacking already occured; however, I was unaware that there were moderate Muslim clerics who DID try to do something BEFOREHAND, even if nobody at the State Department listened. I have been wondering WHERE WAS THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP -- and only now am I starting to find any articles about this.
For instance here's a link to a page of links to articles about Kabbani and the September 11th Attack on America, which I only came across last night:
Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, official Reuters photo at Yahoo.com
Highlights of ISCA Media Appearances after the terrorist attacks
View selected excerpts from interviews September 14, 2001
National Cathedral Prayer Service, Washington D.C.
Attended by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, ISCA Chairman, by invitation of the White House
September 17, 2001 -- The Today Show, NBC TV - 9:00am
September 19, 2001 -- MSNBC, "Attack on America", National TV LIVE - 11:30 pm
September 22, 2001 -- CNN, "An In-Depth Look at Al Qaeda" - 12:30 pm
September 26, 2001 -- NPR Radio, Todd Mundt Show, National TV LIVE - 1:00 pm and 8:00 pm
September 28, 2001 -- The Wall Street Journal,
"An American Story: Sheik Kabbani warned about letting militants hijack Islam's mike"
October 1, 2001 -- CNN Headline News - "Behind the Headlines" - Imam Mateen Siddiqui, Detroit 7:45 p.m. EST
US News and World Report ,
"Fight to the Finish: has a clash of civilizations threatened an end of history?"
October 11, 2001 -- Detroit News - Sheik: Moderate U.S. Muslims have become 'the silent majority'
In fact, the wahhabi movement (named for Al-Wahab) got started in the mid 18th century because Al-Wahab was an Arab Sufi himself who turned against his former "denomination," and decided to reform it by purging Islam of whatever beauty, grace, humanity it possessed. From what I read, Sufism in Saudi Arabia is about as popular as Christianity there. Since CAIR is largely funded by the wahhabi Saudis, it's characteristic that they would trash Sheikh Kabbani.