(Washington, DC-July 14, 05) Kamal Nawash, the president of the Free Muslims Coalition (FMC), a national Muslim organization with 15 chapters, will be appearing on the Aljazeerah TV network, this coming Monday, to discuss whether Muslim American leaders are doing enough to fight extremism and terrorism. Aljazeerah is the most watched news network in the Arab world and is literally viewed by tens of millions of people every day.

The position of the Free Muslims Coalition is that the Muslim leadership has not done their fair share in fighting extremism and support for terrorism. We recognize that every Muslim organization produce press releases expressing outrage when a terrorist act occurs. Some organizations have gone as far as taking out ads in major news papers and producing TV commercials to express their outrage at terror attacks. However, these responses are not enough.

The war against terrorism and, in particular, terrorism committed by Muslims is an ideological battle that cannot be won without the help of Muslims themselves. These Muslim organizations should be focusing their anti-terrorism and anti-extremism efforts towards Muslims in the United States and abroad. They should be organizing rallies, going to mosques, community centers and everywhere Muslims congregate to fight the ideology of hate that is being advocated by the Jihadists terrorists and extremists.

This is what the Muslim leadership has not done or has not done enough. What good does it do to take out ads on TV or news papers which primarily cater to non-Muslim audiences? These ads are a waste of money and are no more than propaganda pieces designed to help certain organizations claim that they are fighting terrorism.

This is not to say that Muslim American leaders support terrorism. However, their response to Islamic terrorism is at a minimum incompetent and ineffective. Normally the ineffectiveness of any particular organization is not a "big deal." In this instance however, it is dangerous and sad. It is sad because Muslim "leaders" the world over actually have the power to discredit the ideology that is relied on by the terrorists to justify their suicidal murderous behavior. This is why the Free Muslims Coalition regularly challenges other Muslim organizations to stand up and do the right thing.

The Free Muslims Coalition is made up of Muslims and Arabs who love their heritage and religions. However, we are enormously saddened by the violence committed by Muslims around the world and even more saddened by the silence and inadequacy of the Muslim leadership.

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