Dear Inayat, I would like to apologise for some of the messages I have read today. People like these look for any excuse to persecute someone, anyone in this instance its down to religion. I gave up religion some years ago after studying most world wide beliefs. But acknowledge and respect it as comforting to those who need it. Unfortunately many things have happened in the world over the centuries in the name of a religion, generally driven by power and greed. Why is it these powerful religious people are unable to leave us all alone to get along as human beings. The colour of ones skin or religion makes little difference to me I just see a person.

I feel for the Americans at this time for the tragedy wrought by religiously brainwashed individuals. But I feel more sorry for the world left behind.

Moslems like any religion would not be able to do this kind of inhuman deed if it was not for an unstable fanatic who manipulates a religious creed for his own ends. I feel sorry for us all. .

I have just read maybe half a dozen e-mails that the mcb have received and it makes me sad to think that we are such a racist nation. I am white on the outside but human on the inside. The perpetrators of this atrocity need to be punished but, innocent people shouldn't be punished also.

We should take this opportunity to join together not in war but in friendship. Muslims, Christians, what ever are just names given by who knows who. We all belong on the planet, We are all brothers, we just don't see it yet. I hope this conflict ends soon and we can learn from it. Anyone in this country who is interested in helping terrorists in Afghanistan should with their families get on the next plane and go to live in Afghanistan.

why dont the muslems police there own religion and stop the terrorists using it for aggresive uses

After a horrifying slow start on the part of Muslim leaders to confront the media and tell them the truth (which is that most UK muslims are law-abiding people who condemn terrorism) I am glad to see the MCB representatives on todays BBC question time acquit themselves better in communicating with the media and getting their points across.

As a British Muslim I am concerned over 3 key issues which I would like to draw your attention to:

1) The poor command of english and communication - I find it appalling and embarrassing to hear on TV the poor communciation skills of some of our muslim representatives - the representatives of the future must be excellent communicators and have experience of the diverse cultures and lifestyles of the UK.

2) there seems to be an implicit assumption in some Muslims (as well as the media) that as a Muslim my loyalties lie first with other Muslims in other countries - I do not hold this view at all - my loyalties lie with the state which I feel is my home and my future, that is England and the UK. Whilst I feel deep sympathy over Palestine, Chechnya, Bosnia, and the oppressed everywhere - those conflicts are NOT my battle. I may contributed to charities assisting the poor peoples of those states, but at he end of the day, I really have nothing in common with, for example, an Afghan Muslim. The so called "muslim brotherhood of the world" is an ideal thought, but is also a fantasy, now being propagated by fanatics and the media. The MCB should promote a concept of the British Muslim, why this is unique, and what it stands for.

3) I strongly believe that my faith is a personal matter. The muslims that are my friends also believe this and we try and avoid those people who make it a public matter (just like we avoid other religious evangalists). The UK is one of the best countries in the world where I can bring up my children as best I can for their future. But perhaps its people like us who need a stronger voice in the MCB. I believe that the MCB must think in the longer term of leading the agenda of the future:

- in the next 5-15 years how do British Muslims conduct themselves within a secular but predominately christian country ?

- How do we handle relations and communications with the media?

- how do we handle the fanatics and extremists, especially those that announce that their loyalty lies with groups or wars aimed at the UK?

- how do we teach our children the teachings of the Koran in the context of modern UK life and the society we live in and so further improve their lives?

The terror of 11 September brings out the nutters, loonies, bigots, fascists and rascists of every religion and country. I believe that the MCB can be the platform for progressive, inclusive and rational debate within a secular society, which decent people of all religions in the UK can understand and believe in.

Having watched TV and listened to radio broadcasts I want to urge you to communicate in English which can readily be understood by the majority of the people of Britain. Those people you have selected to put your points of view on TV and Radio do not enunciate an English language dialect understansable to the average Britisher. ( let alone those in other countries such as America and Russia) Remember: It was only when Margaret Thatcher banned the IRA Leadership from broadcasting their messages, but allowed these to be voiced by Actors, that the world was able to hear the message.