It is also another reminder that terrorism is opaquely and superficially defined and yet less understood, debated or interpreted. Not every criminal act can be conveniently classified as terrorism if only to suit political purposes of politicians.

The suspects rounded up by the British and Pakistani police, and the perpetrators of London bombing on July 7 of 2005, are all parts of the same social groups with very unexceptional and ordinary lives-- taxi drivers, pizza delivery men, dry cleaners, primary school teachers and used car salesmen with young children and pregnant wives. They played and watched football and cricket with friends in their suburban homes, listened to rap and pop music, chat on the Internet and read science fiction. One suspect is reported to be disinterested in religion and worked as a security guard at Heathrow airport. Many are second generation immigrants from Pakistan and North Africa, but the group included a young English man. Most remarkable is that they are all citizens of a modern democratic European country and have lived there during their formative years. Alas, and in all likelihood, none of them have ever voted or participated in the system that governs their lives.

Conspiracies to commit evil and fantasy criminal acts cannot be presumed to be a precursor for politics or religion, even if criminals are self-appointed as agents for a particular religion. Their act of hijacking Islam (or other religions) for criminal purposes is as much of a crime as mass murder in airplanes.

The religious branding of crimes by governors and cops or naming criminals as "Islamo-fascists" sets aside the main debate. It does not aid in resolving the root cause. Police investigations and law enforcement in other countries are no win for the elected leader of a superpower.

The duty of democratic governments is not limited to police investigations and taxing fuel sales. All are charged with the duty and the obligation to include all social groups in the political process and reach out to all citizens. Within thirteen months, the British (and the French) government has been repeated warned that they have not attended, nor responded, to a substantial portion of their respective population. Its citizens are spun out of the inclusive process, to the alarming extent that "enemies" from within are now living just a bus ride away from White Hall.

Britain and her like-minded friends ought to remind themselves that the roots of crime and terrorists are commonly set in violence but they branch in different directions. One cannot be conveniently confused with the other. However, and as experienced in Northern Ireland and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, terrorism can be defeated and reformed with inclusive and responsive politics.