Muslims Are Not Terrorists: Yudhoyono (Indonesian President)

Arab News ^ | November 15, 2004 | AFP

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

JAKARTA, 15 November 2004 — Muslims are not terrorists, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday as millions of people in the world’s largest Muslim nation celebrated Eid Al-Fitr.

“We truly feel sad if world opinion, deliberately or not, aims to put Muslims in a corner as identical with violence and terrorism,” he was quoted as saying by the official Antara news agency in a speech welcoming the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

“Certainly Muslims will reject being regarded as the masterminds of terrorism in this world,” said Yudhoyono, who took office last month vowing to fight such violence.

Over the past two years Indonesia has been hit by three major bombings which authorities blame on the Jemaah Islamiyah regional extremist group.

The most serious attack killed 202 people on the resort island of Bali in October, 2002. A bombing at the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta last year killed 12 while the most recent attack, the month before Yudhoyono took office, killed 11 people outside the Australian embassy.

Yudhoyono said Islam taught peace and justice. “We are ordered to keep away from violence and arbitrary acts,” he said before calls of “Allah-o-Akbar (God is the greatest)” floated over Jakarta yesterday morning as the faithful gathered for prayers following a night of celebrations.

Streets filled with cars and motorcycles as revelers, some banging drums on the back of trucks, paraded through the city.

[West Coast Conservative]

Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.

[TitansAFC]

---“Certainly Muslims will reject being regarded as the masterminds of terrorism in this world,” Of course! We all knows it's really those damn Jews behind it all!

[beckham]

"We are not terrorists and we'll kill you if you suggest it...".

[TitansAFC]

---“Certainly Muslims will reject being regarded as the masterminds of terrorism in this world,”

Of course! We all knows it's really those damn Jews behind it all!

(sarcasm)

[SolutionsOnly]

Prove it.

[Stentor]

Muslims are not terrorists

I'll believe it when I don't see condensation on a mirror placed under their noses.

[infidel29]

"Certainly Muslims will reject being regarded as the masterminds of terrorism in this world,”

And everyone in jail is really innocent.

[Mariposaman]

Only when there is a sincere outcry by the Muslim community as a whole againist terrorism, will I give two cents on how non-muslims are perceived.

[Coyoteman]

Yudhoyono said Islam taught peace and justice.

Bullsugar!

[Mobilemitter]

Well said! I will quote this to all the socialist and communist that are still clinging to the dark side.

[Smarti Pants]

“We truly feel sad if world opinion, deliberately or not, aims to put Muslims in a corner as identical with violence and terrorism,”
But don't go & actually condemn the violence, will you? Where are you standing up against it? Can't hear you because the silence is so deafening!

[dirtbiker]

“Certainly Muslims will reject being regarded as the masterminds of terrorism in this world,”

So, when is this "rejection" by muslims supposed to start?

(Send me a notice when it does.....I have work to do....)

[cardinal4]

“Certainly Muslims will reject being regarded as the masterminds of terrorism in this world,” said Yudhoyono, who took office last month vowing to fight such violence.

This faith with a billion adherents is too damn silent for them not be at least apathetically culpable..

[konaice]

"So, when is this "rejection" by muslims supposed to start?"

Exactly.

When has ANY muslim cleric at ANY level issued a Fatwah against terrorism....?

[Blood of Tyrants]

True, all Muslims are not terrorist. But damned near all terrorists are Muslims.

[freakboy]

Wait, what about Mcveigh?!?!? /sarcasm

[Gibtx]

actually ... muslims are terroists .... if you dont believe in their religon they will kill you ...... u have commited a sin ..... so..... ..

from their own words.... they are terrorists...... to our way of life.....

[nosofar]

Wait, what about Mcveigh?!?!? /sarcasm

He wasn't a terrorist. He was a freedom fighter. :)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[“Certainly Muslims will reject being regarded as the masterminds of terrorism in this world,” said Yudhoyono...]

The fact that they reject the charge doesn't change the FACTS: all terrorist acts have been committed by Muslims. I wouldn't call them "masterminds", though. Perpetrators will suffice.