Why No Muslim Response to Torture?

From Religion Dispatches' blog, The Devil's Advocate, Hussein Rashid writes:

When Pres. Obama released the "torture memos" people were outraged; some for being outed for their complicity and some for being unable to deny their complicity. The President said America had lost its moral compass when torture was authorized by the previous administration. Christian and Jewish groups came out decrying torture as being irreligious, ethically challenged and morally bankrupt. National Muslim-American organizations did no such thing. By their silence, they are complicit.

As Muslims, we are not responsible for the actions of other Muslims. We do not have to apologize for every terrorist who acts in the name of Islam. However, we do condemn these things because they are immoral. All the national Muslim-American organizations have condemned terrorism, but none have spoken out against torture. It begs the question of...

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[Huffyfan]

The Leaders of the Muslim world are NOT elected , most of them have been chosen carefully by the Skykes -picot agenda , chosen by the british and the french leaders after the Arab world was carved and cut up . those leaders , presidents , kings and emirs are not popular , they spend huge sums of money to buy Arms (from europe and america to say Thanks for the protection ) and they spend a huge amount on their security and their torture tools they buy from the west too (Amnnesty says they buy them from britain and US ) . so the Abuse and torture is practiced daily , especially on the More popular Islamic parties and popular leaders who are arrested or put under house arrest for ever .
the west does not want the Muslims and arabs to choose their own leaders (like palestinians chose Hamas ) because the US interests in that region would be in jeopardy , they would rather have ALLIES they can count on . In egypt , Mubarak would have fallen a long time ago , without fake elections and without torture .

we are counting on Obama to change things and help us get real elections so we can choose the leaders who put us FIRST and care about our welfare FIRST before the American interests and american economy . (most saudis money sits in US banks ) IF only obama tells them ,

[mommadona]

Uh......be­cause the "protectors of Islam" practice it?

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7402099&page=1