Source: The Houston Chronicle/Religion News Service
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6950037.html
When 19 Muslim men crashed two planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, it was widely labeled “Islamic terrorism,” even as many Muslims cringed at the term.
So when nine members of a Michigan-based Christian militia, fueled by visions of the apocalypse, laid plans to gun down police officers, is it called “Christian terrorism?”
Many Muslims, and others, think it should be.
“In cases of violence committed by Muslims, when it's politically motivated, yes, call it Muslim terrorism. But when other faiths or ideologies commit violence, it has to be the same,” said Alejandro Buetel, the government liaison officer for the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Washington. “We're calling for consistency.”