Another London Incident

Things are beginning to really heat up in Europe, not in a good way. And, make no mistake about it, it's on the way here.

Last night, a van plowed into a group of Muslim worshippers leaving a Mosque after prayer. The driver, a forty-eight year old white male, was captured and held for police. As he was being taken into custody, he reportedly screamed, "I want to kill Muslims!"

This was an act of terrorism, a cowardly and despicable act, fueled by hate and ignorance, plain and simple. There's no way to justify what was done, and I won't even try.

However, it's important to look at some of the root causes, so that future incidents like these can hopefully be prevented or avoided.

For instance... The Mosque had a well publicized history of breeding extremists. It was actually shut down a year ago for ties to jihadists. What wasn't as widely reported, was that it was reopened by a different Imam and group, and had been reformed.

Which leads to broader issue I've talked about before... The Muslim community's almost complete silence concerning extremism.

Like most Europeans and Americans, I'm a Christian. I know very little about Islam, or its practices. Therefore, as an outsider, I have no way of knowing the "good guys" from the "bad". I don't know what the belief condones or condemns.

And, to compound the problem, very few within the religion publicly make any attempt to enlighten the outside world. There are no loud, unified voices out there, decrying the terrorists and educating the general public. Mosques and Imams generally remain silent after an attack, rather than renouncing the violence and terrorists.

Again, I'm not blaming the victims for last night's attack. I'm just saying it's possible we're going to start seeing more "retaliation attacks" (as the media calls it), if more isn't done to distance "moderate Muslims" from the jihadists.

On the other side... last night's attack was not carried out by Christians (No matter what their religious views may be). Real Christians would never carry out such an attack against innocent people. Our God does not order His followers to slaughter unarmed civilians.

The danger here, is that people have had enough, and are going to start taking matters into their own hands. With the Muslims keeping quiet on extremists,  and our political leaders playing games with our safety, more incidents like this are bound to happen sooner or later.

Soon, the Left really will be able to use the term "Christian extremists", and point to real examples.

This is what the terrorists want, it's the very definition of "jihad"... a religious war, or a return to the crusades.

They count on the Muslim community's silence, and the ignorance and anger of the rest of the world, to stir the pot.

With each attack they do, the general public gets angrier. And, as the non-Muslims begin to retaliate, it divides the people further, opening the door to war.