Muslim scholars decry terrorism »
Posted By expursuit 1 year, 8 months ago in NewsAn influential group of Muslim theologians in India have denounced terrorism, saying it is completely against the teachings of Islam. Scholars from 6,000 religious schools attended the meeting.
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Daylight1 year, 8 months ago
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Islam doesn't encourage terrorism nor violence but the fact remain here is that Western Democracies and Secular governments that encourage invasion and occupation with their people's approval, who are Jews, Christians and Atheists.The media keep brainwashing them to support invasions and occupations in the name of Freedom and Democracy, and that makes specially Muslims to indulge in violence in order to take revenge for their countries' destruction or their loved ones being killed in the processes but the media blame Islam, at the same time media never blamed the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan on Christianity or Judaism even though the President of the United States of America openly admitted that he ordered the invasion of Iraq because God told him to do so. Check these out to learn what Islam has to say about terrorism or transgression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHdudIoOJJ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9oFxGJ_zYw
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cherev1 year, 8 months ago
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A positive, although all too brief article.
""He said that the killing of innocent people of any religion was prohibited by the Koran"
Judging by the number of people murdered in the name of Islam, I wonder if he's really saying, "we get to decide who's innocent and the Koran says we can kill the rest".
"Many participants said they want to change popular perceptions in which, they say, terrorism is being equated with Islam. "
So the real motive behind this statement is to obtain good publicity.
"Many Islamic seminaries across India have come under the scanner of the federal authorities in the wake of recent terror attacks."
Another motive for this statement might be to deflect attention.
I would have preferred specifics. For example, let them come out and say that any all violent actions against American and Jewish targets is wrong and against the Koran. That's worth paying attention to.
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hyperbola1 year, 8 months ago
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Muslims have been saying this for ages.
Muslim scholars call for peace between religions
More than 130 Muslim scholars called Thursday for peace and understanding between Islam and Christianity, saying "the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/11/news/rel...
We now need others, such as zionists, to give up trying to blame muslims for their own racism and ethnic cleansing of millions of christians and moslems.
Zionist crimes are now at the heart of Jewish life:
Do No Evil â;; The crime against the Palestinian people is being committed by a Jewish state with Jewish soldiers using weapons displaying Jewish religious symbols, and with the complicity of the overwhelming mass of organised Jews worldwide. These jews have become the very thing they claim to fear.
http://donoevil.propeller.com/story/2008/02/13/...
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canadianrancher571 year, 8 months ago
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cherev- I wanted to give you a pos on your comment and I would have if you had included mankind in general. The terrorist actions of muslim extremists have taken the lives of many around the world and alot of them were not American or Jewish.
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hyperbola1 year, 8 months ago
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Speak for yourself. What I regret is how easily americans (and others) are misled by that kind of propaganda. Gets us into the same vicious circles as the Balkans when we let polticians and others misuse religion or race for political/power ends.
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Commodore11 year, 8 months ago
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Hell must be freezing over! Muslim scholars are denouncing terrorism and saying it's against Islam? Woah! The lives of these scholars are in danger now. I never thought I'd hear this. But they are the minority out of thousands of psycho Muslims willing to blow themselves up.
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acdnc1 year, 8 months ago
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hyper and walden,
you both have made some interesting points.
as a muslim, i can say i thoroughly agree w walden that hyper: your gratuitous digression takes away from what are otherwise sound comments on you commendable position against violence.
commodore, you are mistaken. the majority of us are driving in car pools, doing laundry, attending meetings and volunteering in our communities. you do not read about us in the media because we are just living our lives as productive citizens.
we are doctors, professors, architects and we are humans too. we do not want to kill, nor to be killed. we raise our kids and teach them respect for all religions. my kids love their methodist dad and grandparents, their jewish and lesbian teachers and their catholic neighbors and schoolmates. and this love and respect is returned.
too much hate and blood has already been spilled.
let us rejoice together in this news of the voices of islamic moderation: six thousand scholars!
wasalam.
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walden31 year, 8 months ago
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I work with Muslims. I eat lunch with Muslims. I think non-Muslims should stop by a mosque so it's no so odd to them and to remove some of the mystery. Not every Muslim is a devout, militant fundamentalist anymore than every Jew or Christian.
Jeesh, I do get tired of defending Muslims, because as you point out so well...99.975548% of us are the same. We all face our daily struggles, trials and tribulations.
You have evidently done a wonderful job raising your children. I commend you.
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Mutainia1 year, 8 months ago
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IF they really mean it, I applaud their courage also. They are TRULY brave IF they mean it because they have to face the peer pressure of THIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SXRhY8dWz4
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Socrates11 year, 8 months ago
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The irony, and the disappointment, and the reality, is that situations like this are then used by the likes of daylight and hyperbola to go off on some tangent which has nothing to do with the discussion and once again prove that some Muslims, etc. will take a story for peace and turn it in to a conflict. That is exactly what many people have a problem with concerning Muslims. Are you for peace or not. Yes---or----No?
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Mutainia1 year, 8 months ago
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I don't think Muslims are lying when they say they want peace. Forinstance "dar al Islam" means "the House of Peace". But, anything NOT under Islamic territorial control (dar al Islam) is called "dar al harb" (the house of war). So, there can be NO peace as long as there is some place in this world that has people NOT putting their arses up in the air five times a day.
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