Reports that the July 7, 2005, London subway suicide bombings were perpetrated by “home-grown” Muslim terrorists, “born and brought up in respectable suburbs of northern England, rather than medieval religious fanatics,” came as a surprise to many observers. Three were born in Great Britain, went to British schools, raised children there, worked in local shops, and were part of a community. Sometime, somehow they were inculcated with a message of hate, revenge, and contempt. In recalling Timothy McVeigh, no one doubted that the United States has its own brand of home-grown terrorists. But when it came to Muslims in our communities, the United States received stellar marks for being welcoming to people of different backgrounds. British Parliament member Boris Johnson praised the United States for giving its immigrants “an equal stake in society.” Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek gave similar credit to the United States: