I looked up how frequently muslim imams substantively police their own ranks. The answer is not many, and those that do tend to end up dead.
15 May 2014, a moderate Benghazi cleric is among three people gunned down by religious extremists.
On 17 Jun 2014, a moderate imam in Oslo, Norway was stabbed by a member of his mosque after denouncing radicals.
"Rasul Gamzatov participated in a conference in Vladikavkaz on the interaction of religious, social and governmental agencies in the prevention of extremism and radicalism. There he made a report on the causes of radicalization and ways to prevent it." In August 2014, in Vladikavkaz, Gamzatov the moderate imam is shot seven times by suspected Islamic radicals.
4 Nov 2014, radicals gun down a moderate Mombasa cleric on his way home from mosque.
A moderate cleric is gunned down in Herat, Afghanistan on 13 Nov 2014.
9 Dec 2014, Selvedin Beganovic, an imam in Trnovi, Bosnia, condemned ISIS recruiting in the muslim-majority country and was stabbed by an unknown assailant,
Moderate Islamic cleric shot dead by muslim extremists in Mayuge, Uganda, 23 Dec 2014
British Muslim Mother, called the police to report that her son had gone to Syria to "fight the enemies of Allah," When they arrested him, she told reporters, "The Police Betrayed Me."
The bottom line is that merely condemning indiscriminate violence against non-muslims is not likely to have any substantive effect and when it does, the person speaking out will be attacked maybe killed by other muslims.
Not a good omen for the future of peaceful relations between muslims and non-muslims.
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