An editorial in The Jewish Daily Forward welcomed the news and praised the Obama administration’s handling of the raid.

A May 2, 2011, CNN story says the Muslim world had largely soured on bin Laden since 9/11.

In a New York Times article about reactions worldwide, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammed, former head of the militant Islamist group Al Muhajiroun, called bin Laden a martyr and predicted “he will be a role model to Muslim youth.”

Leaders of Hamas and the Taliban mourned the death of Osama bin Laden and threatened retaliation.

Arsalan Iftikhar, an international human rights lawyer who is also founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and global managing editor for The Crescent Post in Washington, D.C.,  called bin Laden’s death a reason for rejoicing by Muslims.

CNN reports that U.S. Muslims hope the death will ease pressure on their community.

Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf, the cleric behind the controversial plan to build an Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center site, praised Obama for ordering the killing of bin Laden.

CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and a prominent Muslim advocacy group, issued a statement that “welcomed the announcement of the elimination of Osama bin Laden as a threat to America and the world.”

The Muslim Public Affairs Council issued a statement expressing “an immense sense of relief” at bin Laden’s death.