The Dallas Morning News, on whose

editorial page I labor, takes a strong stand in Wednesday’s lead editorialabout the “tribute” to Ayatollah Khomeini that local Muslims held earlier

this

month. The paper takes notice of the fact

that several leading “mainstream” Muslim figures from Dallas spoke at the

event (which our editorial terms “a disgrace”), and says:

If Muslim leaders want to be perceived by the broader community as men of
good will and moderation, they need to make clear what they consider radical
and extreme and treat it accordingly.
Pockets of Islamic radicalism exist in North Texas. We don’t believe – and
this is important to get straight – that they characterize most Muslims in
the Dallas area. But these elements are here, and we cannot afford to ignore
them. Neither can the Muslim community avoid the responsibility for policing
itself.
As former FBI counterterrorism chief and Rowlett resident Oliver “Buck”
Revell tells us, “If we continue to be deaf, dumb and blind to what’s
plainly in front of us, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Buck Revell’s quote ought to be written on the walls of every newsroom in

America.