Two additional Muslim opinion makers speak out. The first, Saudi columnist Muhammad bin 'Abd Al-Latif Aal Al-Sheikh, compared Islamists to Nazis in Saudi daily Al-Jazirah The second, Mansur Salim, a Canadian Political Science professor called violent extremists Islam's worse enemies.

I, along with many of us, could not agree more. But, their Muslim voices are the ones that need to be heard. Let's hope their number will continue to grow.