...So where, in Shoaib Choudhury's view, can we find more of these elusive creatures, the "moderate Muslims?" In Mahmoud Abbas, for instance? Hardly, says Choudhury. "If Mahmoud Abbas is a 'moderate Muslim,' then I'm ashamed to be called a 'moderate Muslim.' " He says it's an insult to moderate Muslims, an insult to all Muslims, to call a terrorist like Abbas a "moderate Muslim."

Choudhury notes the vast amounts of money that Saudi Arabia, especially, is pouring into Bangladesh to establish madrassas that teach hatred without restriction. 64,000 madrassas. 3,780 kindergarten madrassas. While other schools require licenses to operate in his country, he says, the madrassas do not and are not subject to supervision. With the high incidence of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy in Bangladesh, these incubators of what he calls criminal ideas have a captive audience. But he believes he can combat their influence with good information and good ideas. He's here to ask us to help in whatever way we can...