Anas Altikriti argues that Western support for despotic regimes cultivates extremism and those in the West need to realize that.

We want to prove to America that we are not terrorist suspects, says Imam Mahdi Bray. US Islamic groups have launched several projects to fight extremism within their own communities, particularly among young people.

Muslims are the main victims of al Qaeda's deadly terrorist attacks against the West, despite claims by the group's leaders that only a few Muslims have died in the organization's global war against Westerners, according to a study by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, N.Y.

I am honored to share with you a YouTube video prepared by some of the most respected Muslim scholars denouncing terrorism and extremism as a violation of true Islam:

Injustice Cannot Defeat Injustice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IofpsHOosE

A masjid (literally the “place of prostration” in Arabic, or “mosque” as they are known in English), has unjustifiably become a symbol of fear and worry in American communities, many of whom have begun to protest against their development, afraid that they will become hotbeds of extremist activity. A masjid is a place of peace and tranquility for the Muslim faithful, and is without doubt the most valued institution of the American Muslim community.

This is why the American Muslim masjid is the extremists’ worst enemy.

In "THE 99," Naif Al-Mutawa's new generation of comic book heroes fight more than crime -- they smash stereotypes and battle extremism. Named after the 99 attributes of Allah, his characters reinforce positive messages of Islam and cross cultures to create a new moral framework for confronting evil, even teaming up with the Justice League of America.

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf seemed to be what thousands of audience members had been waiting for when he took the main stage of the 47th annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention Saturday night.

Yusuf was met with cheers that a celebrity might expect. To many American Muslims he is a star, an eloquent speaker and knowledgeable scholar who gets them.

Raised in California, Yusuf embraced Islam at 17 and started a life of traditional scholarship, traveling around the world and studying under some of the most revered spiritual teachers in the Islamic world.

On Saturday, he spoke of the intense power of religion in the world today and of how such power can be dangerous if it is misunderstood and if there is not a platform to promote sound scholarship and proper education within it.

Emphasizing the importance of stifling radical extremists, he reminded the audience of how much the Prophet Mohammed loved human beings, animals and the environment, proclaiming, “Our religion is a beautiful religion and it is being made ugly by the acts of fools.”

CAIRO -- A high-profile Jewish settler leader resigned on Monday, January 11, protesting what he described as growing extremism among settlers' rank and deafening silence over brutal settler attacks on Palestinians, the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday, January 11..

Religious lectures given by imams to Muslim inmates in British jails are seen by many as the best means to tackle prisoners’ vulnerability to extremism and radicalization....

Fears of growing homegrown terrorism among the American Muslim community are highly exaggerated, a new academic study has concluded, affirming that Muslims stifle extremism....