Ranier Fsadni likes to remind us, in his articles, not to put all Muslims in one bag. It is right, I agree with him, but we must not sit back as if nothing serious enough is happening either.

I wish to quote a Muslim national’s letter to the Time magazine issue of February 9. Many moderate Muslims and world leaders have expressed the sentiment that the recent attacks do not represent Islam and that Islam is a peaceful religion. These sentiments are not entirely correct.

The moderate Muslim can claim that his or her Islamic beliefs are peaceful but this is in stark contrast to the jihadists and Islamists who have their own Islamic beliefs that include unimaginable violence against any person or State deemed a threat to their extremism.

It is time for the western leaders to pull their heads out of the sand and face up to the truth that, depending on which Islam you are talking about, it is a pretty dangerous religion to peace and harmony in the world.

This global fight against radical Islam requires the cooperation of moderate Muslims but it has to begin by recognising the two distinct and contrasting faces of Islam.