Muslims Around the World Speak Out Against Terrorist Attacks in Paris

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Before the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria had even claimed responsibility for the shootings and explosions that killed more than 120 in Paris on Friday night, Muslims around the world took to social media to condemn the perpetrators and defend Islam as a faith of nonviolence.
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The bloodshed was linked to Islamic extremists early on, following reports that the perpetrators had referred to French policy towards Muslims and screamed “Allahu Akbar” during the attacks. President François Hollande officially named ISIS as the group behind what he called an “act of war” just before noon local time.
Several Muslim religious and political leaders officially denounced the attacks before the group took responsibility, including Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, who called them a “crime against humanity,” and Qatari foreign minister Khaled al-Attiyah, who said they were “heinous.” Rouhani had been scheduled to visit France as part of a wider European trip this weekend but has postponed his plans.
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time.com/4112830/muslims-paris-terror-attacks-islam-condemn/
 
The attack was carried out by people shouting Allah Akbar and quoting the Koran
So what are we supposed to think
 
When the influential Imams from around the world come out against these
attacks, I’ll be impressed. And we know that’s not going to happen.
Tweeting, “I’m a Muslim. I am not a terrorist” falls very short.
 
**Killers do not represent Islam, Irish Muslim leaders stress **
Irish Muslim leaders have described the Paris terrorist attacks as an affront to Islam.
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In a statement representing the Irish Council of Imams, Dr Ali Selim said: “Murder, the most horrendous act of terrorism, is strictly forbidden in Islam. In a deterring way Allah states that the murder of one person is as evil as killing all people.”
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Dr Selim said the Dublin-based European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) “stresses that these crimes can by no means be classified as a just struggle”.
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The ECRF is headquartered in Clonskeagh, south Dublin, at the mosque of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Ireland.
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irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/killers-do-not-represent-islam-irish-muslim-leaders-stress-1.2430626
 
CAIRO: The head of Sunni Islam’s leading seat of learning, Cairo’s Al-Azhar, today condemned “” attacks in Paris that killed more than 120 people and urged global unity against extremism.
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“We denounce this hateful incident,” Ahmed al-Tayyeb told a conference in comments broadcast by Egyptian state television. “The time has come for the world to unite to confront this monster.”
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Iran’s President Condemns Paris Terrorist Attacks
In a message to his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Satureday, the Iranian President condemned the terrorist attacks in Paris which claimed heavy casualties.
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President Rouhani said the death of many civilians in the terrorist attacks caused deep grief for the Iranian people.
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He said he strongly condemned the incident on behalf of the Iranian nation who are victims of the evil phenomenon of terrorism.
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The President further underlined the need for global efforts to fight all terrorist groups.
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en.abna24.com/service/iran/archive/2015/11/14/719836/story.html
 
I hope we hear from many leaders in the Muslim community speaking out and denouncing these attacks.
 
I don’t suppose those who are condemning from 'lofty, safe, distant places" (as said in LOTR) would be willing to a) take in legitimate refugees who are PROPERLY vetted and b) stand up to radical religious preachers to the point of putting principle ahead of politics and c) actually put some boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq.

So all in all, it’s about taking necessary action or it’s about worrying who will be sad, look bad in the eyes of some and being altogether selfish.

If it’s the latter, then folks can look forward to the terror in France and allegedly with the Russian plane happening over and over and over until sharia law rules the world.
 
I remember being called a terrorist a few times as a teenager in London when people knew I was a Catholic due to the IRA. I hate the IRA but they never to my knowledge shouted Praise Jesus or quote the Bible when they blew people up.

When I wad 14 a muslim boy in my class at school would come in and gloat when Saddam Hussein shot down an RAF jet (Gulf war), I asked him why side with Saddam seeing that he was living in England and his reply was “because he is a muslim”.

The sooner Russia destroys ISIS the better.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I hope we hear from many leaders in the Muslim community speaking out and denouncing these attacks.
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I hope so too.

If they make arrests in Iraq, Syria, the Middle East with known terrorists that would make a difference and show that they are truly ashamed of what they did.
 
And I completely agree with you.

Having said, no Middle East country has come out denouncing these attacks. You well know they know we’re the terrorists are in their backyard, why haven’t they done arrests?
 
I’m glad that nearly all Muslims condemn these actions. Defending Islam as a religion of peace will take a lot more effort though. Here’s why.

Every religion has its extremists. People from all manner of religious backgrounds carry out violence. Islamic extremists have something that’s a bit more well-developed, though. Between the various al-Qaeda networks, ISIS/ISIL/Daesh, and Boko Haram, you have a garden variety of networks that are able to perpetrate more than just acts of violence- they are able to commit acts of war, and in some of these examples they can sustain wars for long periods of time while attempting to carve out an actual terror state. Even without statehood though, there are many groups acting in the name of Allah and of Islam (whether the rest of Islam says they can or not) that carry out warlike acts that have been traditionally carried out by states. In fact, there was a period of time in the early-mid 1990s when the top intelligence people in the world generally believed that al-Qaeda gave itself too much credit, they couldn’t have done all the things they did without at least being supported by an actual state. This theory remained popular with some people long after it had been discarded by those who are best positioned to know better, and that’s mostly because it had been widely believed by those very people for a short time.

That ship has long since sailed, however, and now there are more stateless groups than ever, carrying out more pseudo-wars than ever. It is of particular interest to me that Islam is the only religion in whose name these particular types of situations exist, no other religion has produced extremists that are capable of creating and sustaining actual war efforts in the complete absence of a recognized state. But that is just what I’m interested in. What Muslims the world over ought to be extremely interested in is the notion that in order to properly defend Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance, they’re going to have to shut down these groups speaking in the name of Islam that engage in sustained warlike efforts despite not being or belonging to any recognized state.

Of course the rest of the world is more than willing to help in doing this. But if we are collectively unable to bring this under control, if it continues to get worse and not better, it actually does mean that the concept of Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance loses credibility and ceases to be as true as most Muslims would like it to be.
 
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That ship has long since sailed, however, and now there are more stateless groups than ever, carrying out more pseudo-wars than ever. It is of particular interest to me that Islam is the only religion in whose name these particular types of situations exist, no other religion has produced extremists that are capable of creating and sustaining actual war efforts in the complete absence of a recognized state.
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This shouldn’t be too surprising to you.

The majority of these militant groups emanate from nations that are for all intents and purposes - failed states.

The Russians seem to think that the only way to govern places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria is through the “Strong-Man” model of government - but of course Putin would encourage that model given his own history. But they do so in the belief that it would be the only way to repress all of these militant groups.
Of course the rest of the world is more than willing to help in doing this. But if we are collectively unable to bring this under control, if it continues to get worse and not better, it actually does mean that the concept of Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance loses credibility and ceases to be as true as most Muslims would like it to be.
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There is a host of issues implicit in what your saying - the largest one being if a person who happens to be Muslim identifies themselves as a member of the political polity which they reside in.

This is where I should congratulate the Americans - as they lead the way in terms of integration of foreigners with differing cultural/ethnic/social/religious backgrounds… hence the reason why they as a Western nation are a much smaller contributor of people joining the ranks of the groups like ISIS.

Contrast this with the Europeans…and the Russians…

One of the primary issues happens to be what level of integration has occurred between the immigrant population and the their host country.

France is notorious for having these issues in terms of the the migrant population that are Muslim even BEFORE this current wave of refugees.

You can find 3rd generation Tunisians/Algerians/Moroccans, et al. who while having been born and raised in France with French as their primary language STILL feel shut out of the society which they supposedly belong to.

So if they can’t identify with the people around them, may draw their sense of Self from another type of community…

…and this is where the problems arise given the options presented to them.
 
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