"The objection I have with mainstream Muslims is they do not take the muslim extremists to task."

Not true, Old Guy. I've heard several programs, both on national television and on KUOW-FM, my local NPR affiliate (that bastion of the "liberal media" that righties hate so much because they report all the news and give all viewpoints a chance rather than simply act as a cheering section and apologist for the Bush administration), on which Muslim clergymen were interviewed, and they all spoke out strongly against Muslim extremists. Some of them presented quotes from the Koran that specifically forbid many of the things the extremists are doing.

If you are not aware of this (as, apparently, you are not), perhaps you should get your nose away from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh every once in a while and get a little information that isn't totally biased.

Don Firth