Backlash in Zarqawi's Hometown

The New York Sun reports:

A visit to the mosque that terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi attended as a child suggests that the Al Qaeda figure made a big mistake in plotting Amman's triple bombings of 11/9.

The sermon Friday at the al-Falah mosque from Imam Mustafa Suleiman was, in his words, about "the criminality of the attacks and how they were not in keeping with Islam." Mr. Suleiman said that from now on he will no longer allow Salafis, members of the ultra-religious sect of Sunni Islam percolating largely from Saudi Arabia, into his house of worship. After mid-morning prayers Friday, he even urged his minions to cooperate with Jordan's intelligence services when they come asking.

The explosions Wednesday in three downtown hotels in the Jordanian capital changed this country in many ways, but perhaps most significant is that it has unified a nation against the Jordanian born Mr. al-Zarqawi. In the past, Jordanians have shown some sympathy for his activities in Iraq.

Terrorism isn't popular with everyone.