Posted on 09/09/2004 7:29:26 AM PDT by nuconvert
Russian Muslims Rally Against Terror
By Damir Ahmad, IOL Correspondent
MOSCOW, September 8 (IslamOnline.net) – Up to 40,000 Russian Muslims took part Tuesday, September 7, in a nationwide rally in protest at the hostage-taking school tragedy in the southern city of Beslan that claimed the lives of hundreds of people, mostly children.
In Moscow, the anguished protesters stood still for a moment of silence on the Red Square in memory of the victims of Beslan and the two Russian airliners that crashed south of Moscow on August 25, killing 90 people aboard.
The demonstrators, who reached 15,000 people, waved banners reading: “Terror-free Russia”, “Real human beings do not target children”, “Keep your hands off our children” and “All Russians make it clear: We are against terrorism”.
The mass rally was called for by the Russian television Monday, September 6 and was organized by a pro-government trade union.
It came as the residents of grief-stricken Beslan held a third day of funerals for at last the 336 victims.
All but one of the 32 hostage-takers and at least 336 people, half of them children, died after Russian troops stormed the school Friday, September 3.
The Russian government has admitted that it lied to its people about the scale of the crisis.
‘Not Muslims’
The deputy chief of Russia’s Council of Muftis, Izzatullah Damir Hezrat, said the perpetrators of the “terrorist hostage-takers have nothing to do with Islam”.
“They are not Muslims at all, rather they are criminals,” Hezrat told the crowd massing at the Red Square.
“Those who killed innocent people, not to mention children, are doomed to the Hellfire. They wanted to spark a religious strife in the Caucasus. But their malicious schemes would prove futile as the entire Russian people stand united against terrorism.”
He said hundreds of Muslims representing their community in Russia performed funeral prayers Tuesday in solidarity with the victims’ families and leave the impression that they do feel for them.
“We will be missing you and always remember you in our prayers,” Hezrat added.
The Council of Muftis has already condemned the tragedy as “a terrorist act that Islam totally refuses and forbids”.
The religious council for North Caucasian Muslims said the hostage taking is “a heinous terrorist crime” that inflicted pain and suffering on families of the hostages.
Why don't the Muslims here in the US have a similar protest, hmmmm?
It seems the Muslims in Russia know that the ACLU will not run interference for them. . .and are rightfully scared.
A couple of possibilities:
See my response, above, for the answer. . .
They are Wahhabis here and the Russian muslims are well aware of Russia's history of Pogroms.
You beat me to it. That was the first thought in my mind when I read the post.
My question eggsackley!
You will never hear the Muslims in America condemn the terrorists. That's because we've got the ACLU and a bunch of mornons in congress who start their day with PC and end it with BS!
"The deputy chief of Russia’s Council of Muftis, Izzatullah Damir Hezrat, said the perpetrators of the “terrorist hostage-takers have nothing to do with Islam”.
“They are not Muslims at all, rather they are criminals,” Hezrat told the crowd massing at the Red Square.
“Those who killed innocent people, not to mention children, are doomed to the Hellfire. They wanted to spark a religious strife in the Caucasus. But their malicious schemes would prove futile as the entire Russian people stand united against terrorism.”
Simple really...here in the US, we have the ACLU (amongst others).
Whereas, in Russia....can you spell POGROM!!
Here, the islamics know that our laws protect them...so they're pretty much free to do as they please.
No such laws in Russia.
If only that were true...
Announce painful punishment to those who disbelieve. - Koran, Surah IX: 3, "Repentance."
"We are terrorists, and terror is an obligation in the book of Allah. Let the west and east know that we are terrorists and we strike fear: 'Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power. Including steeds of war to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah and your enemies...' (8:60), So Terror is an obligation in the creed of Allah SWT" - Sheikh Abdullah Azzam.
Well it looks like the Russia are not better then the US at identifing the enemy in the WOT. How the hell are we going to win this if we can not accurately identify the enemy, Radical Islam the states that support Radical Islam.
Well it looks like the Russians are no better then the USA
http://www.islamdenouncesterrorism.com/
http://www.rayhawk.com/classics/matusa/home.html
http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.org/bin/site/wrappers/splash.asp
http://www.apaam.org/index.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1141455/posts?page=10
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1093856/posts
http://www.aicongress.org/index.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1000468/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/718337/posts
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The size of the crowds of American Muslims protesting terrorists has been larger ?
We need to remember that majority of Chechens (presumably those with more brains) emigrated from poverty stricken, savage mountains of Chechnya to the Russian cities. They do well, often excell in their careers and do not want to return to Wahabi infested Hellhole.
Exactly.....the people here are squishywashy....the Russians will stomp them like cockroaches
and never look back..
Here there would be nothing but liberals hand wringing...and Susan Sarandon would be trying to sell child torturing rapist murderers art work on E Bay....telling us what 'good souls' they really had...
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