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>Egyptian blog, "Mindbleed" (www.mindbleed.com) has >resurfaced in a new blog called "In mourning". He >reports (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4723339.stm) on >the predictable backlash against British Muslims >following the July 7th bombings in London. He asks >whether the failure by the mainstream media to report >the "faith related attacks" is "deliberately >downplayed to stop anger fomenting in the ranks of >British Muslims with violent tendencies of their >own?" I am not sure which mainstream media he is >referring to as the report he mentions was taken from >the BBC which is about as mainstream as you can get. >Also the London Guardian has a special report on >attacks against Asians. Maybe he is referring to the >tabloid press and surely one can only expect less than >nothing from >them. > >Staying with the "Muslim" issue, SubZeroBlue >(www.subzeroblue.com/archives/2005/07/us_musl >im_scholars_i.html) from Tunisia reports that Muslim >scholars in the US have issued a fatwa (religious >edict) condemning terrorism and religious extremism. > >In the edict, the 18-member FCNA said people who >committed terrorism are "criminals," not "martyrs." It >would be even more helpful if Muslim scholars in >Britain and the Middle and Far East also issued a >similar fatwa.

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