Source: Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/5533865.html
On July 30, 2005 the Star Tribune ran an opinion piece by Allie Shah. She writes, "[W]hy aren't Muslims speaking out against terrorism?
Since 9/11, this question in one form or another has been raised by non-Muslims... The better question might be: Why aren't you hearing us?... The fact is that many prominent American Muslim groups have clearly and publicly denounced acts of terror in the name of Islam as barbaric, heinous and just plain wrong. Though they religiously send out press releases and e-mail statements after every attack, somehow their message doesn't seem to penetrate... Last fall, CAIR launched a national petition drive as part of a campaign by Muslims called 'Not in the Name of Islam.' To date, nearly 700,000 Muslims have signed the petition condemning terrorism committed in the name of Islam, and many newspapers have covered the petition drive. As part of the same campaign, CAIR also created and paid for public service announcements set to air on television stations nationwide.
If that doesn't grab people's attention, I'm not sure what will."