LETTERS True bravery

i’m quivering with rage as i pen this, following the outrageous attack on innocents in my home town of manchester.

We in the West pussyfoot around this irrational behaviour. i acknowledge at the outset that, of course, not all muslims are terrorists. However, all the terrorists who have been arrested in the recent past have been muslim.

But are these terrorists who posture as warriors brave? Are these men who so revile our way of life yet flee muslim countries and travel thousands of miles to live here brave?

Are these warriors who ruthlessly kill teenage girls and young children brave? Are those who are so frightened of women that they subjugate them to prevent them taking their rightful places in the world brave?

Are those warriors who then dress as women and seek sanctuary in the mosque to avoid capture brave?

During my recent course of study to obtain my master’s degree (at the age of 80), i valued the discussions i had with muslims on my course who were unequivocal in their condemnation of terrorism.

But the men and women within the mosques in our land and their imams, if they collectively rise up and loudly demonstrate their utter revulsion at what is happening in their name and help the British authorities fight this enemy — that would be brave. Eric JONES LL.M., southport, Merseyside.