Terrorists Have No Right to Speak for Arabs, Muslims

The bombings at two synagogues in Istanbul brought more condemnation to Arabs and Muslims, says this editorial in Lebanon's Daily Star. With such senseless carnage carried out in the name of Islam, the paper laments, the world will increasingly believe that violence is the favored form of expression by the Arab and Islamic worlds. Every reasonable Arab and Muslim should shout out their opposition to terrorism, the author says: "Everyone from student and business groups to professional associations and the clerical establishment should voice outrage at having their reputations smeared" by terrorist attacks on their fellow citizens of the world. – YaleGlobal