To the Islamic Ummah
Muslims against Terrorism petition (h/t sm)
To: the Islamic Ummah
Firmly believing in Allah's divine mercy and compassion, and sharing his love for all his creatures, the undersigned members of the peace loving and moderate majority of Muslims, revolted and repulsed by blasphemous bloodshed in Allah's name, reject as un-Islamic conduct all acts of terrorism including but not limited to:
* school bus attack at Nahariya/Avivim (1970) which killed nine innocent children
* Ma'alot massacre (1974)
* Karni crossing bombing (2005)
* World Trade Center attacks
* Madrid rail bombing
* London rail bombing
* Beslan massacre
* genocide in Darfur
* Bali night club bombings
* decapitation of Danny Pearl
* decapitation of Nick Berg
We condemn, regardless of the identity of the victims, terrorism in all its forms, bombings, shootings, knifings, hijackings, abductions and mass casualty attacks because they do unjust injury to innocent people and irreparable damage to Islam.
We call for the exclusion of incitement to terrorist violence from our madrassah curriculum, kittab & kutbah and from the mass media of all Islamic nations.
We call for withholding Zakat from all organizations which teach, incite, facilitate or organize & perform acts of terrorism.
We call on all Imams and Mullahs to fill their kutbah with Allah's love, mercy and guidance, not with blood thirsty calls for Jihad. We call on the Ulema to reject, as inspired by Shaytan,[22:52] the ayats & ahadith used by radical extremists to rationalize their terrorism.
All this we declare on our own free will, without any hesitation, mental reservation, kitman or al-taqeya whatsoever, by him in whose hand our souls are!
Sincerely,
Sign it here and encourage as many as you can to do the same and link up.
Please.
- Karim Elsahy
what is your nationality & where are you living?
violent extremism will die when true teachings surface & prejudism of all sorts is dealt with. when everyone knows that their faith gives them nothing special on earth but maintains a relationship with their creator who will judge them in the end. (Comment this)
Does "foreign armies" include Syrian troops in Lebanon?
Why are they "your" resources? Didn't Arab tribes just conquer the land while Europeans made the resources valuable by inventing engines?
Stop funding tyrants. I agree.
But why are you certain that violent extremism will die on its own? It certainly wasn't dead in Iraq before the invasion. (Comment this)
You said “I think, at the least, there should have been a short paragraph condemning those who coninually push and bully the Muslims until alot of them became extreme to try and counter it. Get the forigen armies out of our land, stop robbing our resources, stop funding tyrants and dictators and I'm certain violent extremism will die on its own.”
Are you Iraqi or Palestinian? If not, what foreign army is occupying your land? The West isn’t robbing your oil, it’s paying you for it – and rather handsomely at that. Folks in the West don’t own palaces. Except for Mubarak, the West isn’t funding your tyrants either – they are quite adept at funding themselves.
You’re right –there should be a short paragraph condemning those who continually push and bully Muslims around. Most of the guilty happen to be Muslim.
For all the terrorist talent that exists in the middle-east, why isn’t any of it used against dictators in the cause of liberty? The mighty Muslim warrior seems to be a mouse when it comes to attacking real evil. (Comment this)
Very good points, Strange Attractor.
Most victims of Muslim terrorists appear to be Muslims these days (or perhaps all the time). Terrorists kill many more Iraqis than Israelis, and they use the same methods and the same excuses.
Now let's remember that the (elected) government of Iraq actually asked the Americans and British to stay and that Israel only occupied parts of Egypt and Jordan because it was attacked, and we might just question the sincerity of our friend here. (Comment this)
you said [Except for Mubarak, the West isn’t funding your tyrants either]. It does not have to be financial funds but economical support & political cooperation like Saudi Arabia which is by far one of the worst tyrants in the region, i would disagree with many that mubarak is a tyrant, i think personally he is better than his precedessors.
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The Saudis aren’t getting economic support from anyone – they are rich enough in their own right. Giving political support to tyrants doesn’t mean the supporter is keeping them in power. It takes a lot more than verbal approval to maintain a government. North Korea and Zimbabwe don’t have much political support and their dictators keep on operating in the manner of, ... well, dictators.
I agree that all political support of bad governments should end, at least for the sake of consistency. The only thing that’s going to topple the Saudis is an internal revolution or an alternative energy source that makes oil unnecessary. My bet is on the former, but who knows what will take their place. (Comment this)
Agreed! (Comment this)