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Muslims must 'root out' those who spread hate: Prince Charles
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's heir to the throne
Prince Charles has called on all Muslims to help "root out" those in their community who preach hatred.
It is the "duty of every true Muslim" to condemn last week's suicide bombings in London which killed at least 52 people, Charles said in Thursday's edition of the Daily Mirror newspaper.
According to newspapers, the four bombers, three of whom have been named, were British Muslims of Pakistani origin.
Muslims in the country must "root out those among them who preach and practise such hatred and bitterness", wrote Charles.
A "deeply evil influence" must have been brought to bear on the "impressionable young minds" of the bombers, the prince wrote.
However, he stressed that Islam was not the cause of the terrorism and that most Muslims had condemned the attacks.
"Some may think this cause is Islam. It is anything but. It is a perversion of traditional Islam," he said.
He added: "Those who claim to have murdered in the name of Islam have no care for the lives they have so brutally destroyed.
"Offended by the good relations between faiths and cultures, the extremists seek to break up the communities that make up our modern, multi-cultural society."
Speaking in parliament earlier Wednesday, Prime Minister
Tony Blair said his government would begin talks with British Muslim leaders about combating the "poisonous and perverted misinterpretation of the religion of Islam" which prompted the attacks.
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as I said, the only real way to combat Muslim extremists, is to enlist the help of the non-extremist Muslims, for without them, we cannot win. And if they dont step up, we are all targets, and this entire world will be engulfed in anarchy. New York, Spain, London, Iraq, Israel, and more: all these places are merely feeling the tip of the iceberg, IMO.