Mass Murder In London

I don't want to hear non-Muslims say "Islam has been hijacked by a radical minority." I want to hear Muslims say those words. I want Muslims to act on those words.

From Serge Trifkovic's The Sword of the Prophet (Regina Orthodox Press, Inc., 2002, 300-301):

"...[Moderates] are rarely important. Religions, like political ideologies, are pushed along by money, power, and tiny vocal minorities. Within Islam, the money and the power are all pushing the wrong way. So are the most active minorities. The urgent need is to recognize this. Our problem is not prejudice about Islam, but folly in the face of its violence and cruelty. And in any case, the willingness of moderates to be what are objectively bad Muslims, because they reject key teachings of historical Islam, may be laudable in human terms but does nothing to modify Islam as a doctrine.
"Islam is a collective psychosis seeking to become global, and any attempt to compromise with such madness is to become part of the madness oneself....Islam, in Muhammad's texts and its codification, discriminates against us. It is extremely offensive...Islam discriminates against all 'unbelievers.'...Secularists and believers of all other faiths must act together before it is too late."

I repeat, "Islam is a collective psychosis seeking to become global....Secularists and believers of all other faiths must act together before it is too late."

I see a cyclical pattern to these attacks:
1. The strike is a surprise, and many innocents die.
2. The media and the authorities don't jump to conclusions as to who perpetrated the attack. Instead, and judiciously so, they wait for some group to "claim credit." [I prefer "accept blame" as better terminology.]
3. The rescue personnel and the forensics investigators rush to the scene as we watch the television screen. The carnage is hidden, whenever possible, underneath tarps and behind sheets.
4. Alert levels are evaluated and possibly altered.
5. The talking heads, pundits, and experts caution us not to blame Muslims. In doing so, some of these speakers blame any ideology other than that of Islam. I've noticed that few of these opiners are Muslims; nevertheless, they take it upon themselves to speak for the "moderate Muslims."
6. There is little to no discussion of the tenets of Islam.
7. Condolences are offered.
8. We are reminded that "An attack was inevitable."
9. We are encouraged to go on with our normal, everyday lives.

Years ago, when my elderly grandmother's health took a serious downturn, I naively asked my mother, "When will this get better?"
My mother replied, "This is from now on."

The conflict between militant Islam and Western civilization has been an ongoing one, and the warfare, open and covert, began very early after the founding of Islam. The reason is not a complex one. The principles of Islam and the principles of freedom and democracy have long been in conflict. Whitewashing the facts doesn't make them less true.