The Rev. Paul Viggiano, an Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) pastor in Torrance, California, relays some interesting information about an open house he attended at one of several Southern California mosques who hosted such events:
I was delighted at the panel of Muslims who were willing to address politically charged questions without the normal political equivocations. There was an open and unanimous denouncement of the actions of terrorists committing atrocities in the name of Allah. One professor on the panel, Dr. Jamil Momand, explained that a fatwa (an Islamic decree) had been signed by the Islamic community uniformly branding the terrorist activities as heinous.