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Islamic leaders condemn French terrorist attack
Trinidad Guardian ^ | January 10, 2015 | by Reshma Ragoonath

Posted on 01/10/2015 6:49:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Even as local Islamic scholar Imtiaz Mohammed condemned Wednesday’s attack at Charlie Hebdo he says freedom of expression cannot be exercised without religious sensitivity. Mohammed, president of the Islamic Missionaries Guild, said the rampage, which left 12 people dead, was not “Islamic behaviour.”

In the same vein Mohammed said the media must exercise its use of freedom of expression with cultural sensitivity.

“It is fine to criticise Islam. We do not have a problem with that, everybody is free to criticise everyone’s religion. But not with the words and images and so on to degrade and disrespect the individual or the religion. We must not do those things and Islam teaches us not to do those things either,” Mohammed said.

Mohammed described the murders of the 12 people, among whom four cartoonists and two police officers, as unfortunate. He said the actions of the Kouachi brothers and terror groups globally only served to spread a bad image of Islam and make it “harder for muslims.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; islamists; journalism; muslims
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Islamic leaders condemn French terrorist attack

in English and French while in Arabic they are calling for more and deadlier actions.

21 posted on 01/10/2015 9:07:38 AM PST by arthurus
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To: dowcaet

“Moderate” muslims are merely smarter at covering for their ROP in front of the infidels than their little worker bees.


22 posted on 01/10/2015 10:31:35 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Islamic “leaders” condemning French terror attacks? Nonsense. Muslims practice deception (al-Taqiyya) or purposeful lying to non-Muslims as a matter of Islamic belief. You know a Muslim is lying to you when his or her lips are moving.
23 posted on 01/10/2015 5:09:24 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Islamic leaders condemn French terrorist attack

Don't believe whatever they say... They lie...that is part of their "religion" too!

24 posted on 01/11/2015 7:29:23 AM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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