Generation Jihad

(6 of 6)

After praying with the other men in an adjacent room, a smiling twentysomething, sporting pressed trousers and shirt and wearing neat, round glasses, began by pointing out that Islam forbids violence and the bombing of innocent people. "Our hearts are bleeding for the [July 7 victims]," he said, and in the next breath criticized the U.S. and Britain for ignoring the ways in which their policies may be adding to young Muslims' feelings of alienation. As a result, he says, the members of his generation "are frustrated. Their voices are not being heard." If the world hopes to understand--let alone overcome--the anger that roils Europe's young Muslims, it had better start to listen. --Reported by Jessica Carsen/ Leeds, Bruce Crumley and Vivienne Walt/Paris, Helen Gibson and Andrea Gerlin/London, James Graff and Jane Walker/Madrid, Sayem Mehmood/ Lyons and Adam Smith/Birmingham