CHECKING IN ON THE 'MUSLIM STREET'

Protest against Bangladesh bombs (BBC News, 12/09/2005)

Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh have protested against recent suicide bombings blamed on Islamic militants.

The protests were organised by the country's leading Muslim clerics, who have denounced the attacks as against the tenets of Islam.

It comes a day after a suicide bomb attack killed at least six people in northern Bangladesh.

At least 25 people have been killed in a series of bombings across Bangladesh this year.

The main demonstration took place at the Baitul Mukarram national mosque in Dhaka after Friday prayers.

It is a duty for all Muslims to stand up against those who are killing in the name of Islam
Cleric Obaidul Haq

"Islam prohibits suicide bombings. These bombers are enemies of Islam," the chief cleric, Obaidul Haq, told worshippers.

"It is a duty for all Muslims to stand up against those who are killing people in the name of Islam," he said.

The "Muslim street" rising up against terror bombings?

That doesn't seem to be getting much play in the American press. Maybe they're convinced this story is really a plant by Rumsfeld/Rove?