//The local Muslim Community's response to at least one of the heinous murders is heartening. //
Heartening? Really? From the link: //he [Mohammed Karabila, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam of one of the town's mosques] added that if the mayor's office were to request the mosque receive the body, and Kermiche's family were to indicate they wanted a burial, they would be obligated to assign an individual from the community to oversee the process.//
…. So not exactly determinedly digging their heels in.
It would be rather more heartening if, rather than one small community offering a token gesture that they might or might not honour, Muslims world-wide protested in vast numbers as they did in response to the publication of cartoons of the prophet. I have to question what really activates the Muslim moral compass.