global community
"They do not see London's population as civilians but as accomplices to acts of murder and violence," he writes. "The bombers have long forsaken any national identity and no longer consider themselves as anything other than members of the ummah, the global community of Muslims, on whose behalf they are waging war."
I really, really hope that this is not so, as here it is, the global community of Muslims vs Western civ. Yes, it is a minority of Muslims active in this 'global community' but they are surrounded by a community disinterested at best.