Many American Muslims are rebuking that petition. For the full story click here.
Posted on 06/24/2004 9:29:45 PM PDT by quidnunc
"At best, it's vigilantism. At worst it's anarchy. Islam is against both." That was the reaction of Daniel McBride to the recent beheadings of South Korean Kim Sun Il and Americans Paul Johnson and Nicholas Berg. Mr. McBride, a spokesman for the Islamic Center of Boca Raton, Fla., wants to make clear that "for these radicals to even imply that what they're doing is Islamically correct is wrong."
Many Muslims are disturbed that such acts of terrorism are being committed in the name of their religion. The Council on American-Islamic Relations launched a petition a few weeks ago that notes: "We, the undersigned Muslims wish to state clearly that those who commit acts of terror, murder, and cruelty in the name of Islam are not only destroying innocent lives, but also betraying the values of the faith they claim to represent."
Mohammad Tariq Sherwani, the director of the Muslim Center in Flushing, N.Y., signed the petition because he was concerned that "lots of times, Muslims don't speak up against violence." He expressed special sadness about the death of Paul Johnson. "That gentleman in Saudi Arabia. He was so honest. He lived there for years. He trusted the people. He was killed by the people he trusted."
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This is where the issue gets more difficult for some Muslim leaders in America. "Who is qualified to set themselves up as a legitimate tribunal to cast the death penalty?" asks Rashad Sharif, the imam of the Masjid Al-Mu'minun, in Memphis, Tenn. In a world where certain governments "refuse to recognize international courts," he believes that it is hard to say who is legitimate and who is not. Indeed, Imam Sharif refuses to explicitly condemn the beheadings. "When I hear about someone cut in two pieces, I think about how we [Americans] blow up people into more pieces than can be put back together."
As disturbing as Imam Sharif's message of moral equivalence seems, it points to a larger question. Why aren't Muslim leaders who denounce the beheadings willing to speak out against others who take the law into their own hands? Like the suicide bombers in Israel, for instance?
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FWIW, this Boca Raton Center is listed on that map that show Al Quada cells throughout the US.
It seems to me that McBride is not much of an islamic name. Could he be related to the McBride that ran for governor?
For the American Islamic community, mere words mean nothing in this day and age, try for something a little constructive, like getting rid of the trash in your own front yard.
Anyone have a grain of salt, I'm out.
"A little over a year ago, the Islamic Center of Boca Raton made the news for publishing a website (www.icbr.org) that contained an essay that was overtly antisemitic. The essay was entitled, "Why can't the Jews and Muslims live together in peace?" It characterized Jews as being "people of treachery and betrayal" and ended with quotes from Islamic sources on killing Jews. Even though the center removed the essay from its website, I really shouldn't use terms that are past tense in describing it, since the essay still exists. It can be found precisely where it originated, along with a plethora of other outrageously antisemitic material, on the website www.islam-qa.com - all written by the same person, Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid, the creator of the site."
"the Islamic Center of Boca Raton gave nearly $17 thousand dollars to the Global Relief Foundation, one of the so-called charities that were closed down by the United States for funneling money to Al Quaida."
Not disturbed enough to go public and renounce these murderers. Their silence tells me they support the murders.
"CCJ 4934 TERRORISM 002 B 12954 30 19 3 AD 204 MW 06:30-09:40PM Jupiter MCBRIDE, DANIEL R.
Many American Muslims are rebuking that petition. For the full story click here.
Where can I get a couple quarts of pig's blood? I handload and I need to start dipping all my bullets in it.
Try Pig Grease. It is a pretty good bullet lube.
Yeah, I'll trade you a cup of salt for a chicken. This is only the begining of the double talk in our land.
You got the last cup, because I'm out myself. ;)
Isn't Boca near Jupiter?
No matter how thin you slice it, it's neither. It's flat-out barbarian terrorism. And until these Muslims call it what it is, I won't be turning my back on them any time soon. Period.
Islam is, as Islam does.
Islam is a more radical religion than the Western World knows. Ask people who have studied the Koran. Also, Allah is NOT just the Muslim name for God. Allah was the Meccan moon god and he is NOT a loving God.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe them; I don't trust them and I don't shop in their stores or buy their gasoline.
You might need a 500 pound bag for this BS.
I'm sure the guy whose pregnant wife was shot in the belly and head, executed with his four other daughters for the glory of Allah.
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