Posted on 05/10/2003 1:34:32 AM PDT by kattracks
JEDDAH, 10 May 2003 — The Shariah considers terrorism one of the most heinous crimes, says Dr. Abdullah Al-Turki, secretary-general of the Makkah-based Muslim World League. “Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and the two do not meet at any point,” he said.
“We are saying this not to please anybody but out of our conviction that showing mercy and compassion to our fellow human beings is the hallmark of Islam,” he added. He said it was the duty of the Muslims to provide full support for the government in its fight against terror.
Sheikh Saleh ibn Muhammad Al-Taleb, imam and khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, also called upon Muslims to mind the noble qualities of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). “The life of the Prophet is full of examples of noble qualities and strong morality,” the imam said while delivering his Friday sermon.
Taleb noted that the Prophet prayed for mercy for the non-believers who had hurt him and his companions, expelled them from their homes, tried to kill them and waged wars against them. “O God, forgive my people for they do not know,” he quoted the Prophet as saying during the battle of Uhed.
The Haram imam emphasized the significance of showing mercy to one’s fellow beings, citing it as one of the outstanding qualities of the Prophet. “The Shariah is benevolence in its totality, in its objectives, applications and means. Islam is the religion of mercy not only in times of peace but also during war,” he said.
Turki’s statement and the imam’s sermon follow the announcement by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday that its security officers foiled major terror attacks in the Kingdom by a 19-member group linked to the Al-Qaeda network.
Meanwhile, Dr. Muhammad ibn Saad Al-Salim, rector of the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, rejected suggestions that his institution was one of the breeding grounds of terrorists. “Our university has no relationship with these people (the terrorists),” he told Okaz newspaper.
“We advise our students to follow the noble teachings of Islam, which calls for tolerance and cooperation for the welfare of all,” the rector said. He added that the university was revising its curriculum regularly to accommodate modern developments. More than 80,000 students have graduated from the university over the past 50 years.
Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication of Arab News, reported yesterday that Khaled Muhammad Al-Johani, one of the 19 Al-Qaeda suspects was believed to be the gang’s leader.
The Arabic daily said Johani’s picture had appeared on the website of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) among 17 others more than a year ago.
The FBI listed Johani among Al-Qaeda suspects after its agents saw his picture in a video seized from the house of a former Al-Qaeda military commander, Muhammad Atef (Abu Hafs Al-Masri), who was killed in US bombings in Afghanistan in October 2001, the paper said.
Johani, who settled in Afghanistan in 1993 along with a number of Arab Afghans, had visited the Kingdom several times using forged travel documents but did not meet his father. Informed sources told the Arabic daily that Johani might have sneaked into the Kingdom a few months ago.
In a related development, Kuwait denied that Abdul Rahman Jabara, one of the 19 suspects, was a Kuwaiti national. “Jabara is of Iraqi origin and holds Canadian nationality. He was born in Kuwait and lived here for a long time before settling in Afghanistan four years ago,” a Kuwaiti source told the paper.
The very first town founded by the Spanish "way back when" actually bears my surname ~ that's where Philippine history began ~ when someone could write the stuff down. But that's neither here nor there. Admiral Morrison's reports reflect that Magellan (McWallace) knew that the world had been circumnavigated when one of his crew encountered a Philippino gentleman in a dugout who knew his same language.
Moslem traders had already reached the Southern Philippines by that time. Christianity arrived with McWallace to a place where Islam already existed. I think that dates the beginning of the Moro Insurrection.
Now, what was it you were going to tell me about the Marines, the Philippines and Islam? Was it another piece of your mythical BS?
I really don't think their backwardness has been that much of their own making, and there's really no reason they cannot become modern!
On the other hand, Christianity DID ARRIVE in the Philippines via military conquest.
Or do you not consider Catholicism to be part of the Christian movement?
DUH! Murdering infidels (particularly Jews) is not "terrorism" to a Mohammedan. Only when the infidels fight back is it "terrorism."
Unfortunately the poor deluded Philipinos who had already adopted Islam did not immediately gravitate to the undoubtedly superior Christianity of their conquerors.
That's why Lapu Lapu had to begin the struggle against the European invaders and why McWallace had to die.
Now, regarding TODAY, in the Philippines, it is all a result of history, and that's been just one thing after the other.
Do you have a solution? Might we, for example, figure out why the Islamist terrorists find it so alarmingly easy to disappear in the midst of the existing, but otherwise peaceful, traditional Moslem community? Or, will it be necessary for the Christians to, in the end, exterminate the Moslems and their Islamist minority?
For the most part Moslems are Calvanists. I am not a Calvanist. Howver, the non-Moslem folks in the Philippines would probably get along better with the Moros if they all became Southern Baptists, or maybe even Methodists. Actually, I'm still surprised that we didn't impose such a choice on them back when we had the opportunity.
BTW, your denial of the utility, or even the existence, of the past, indicates that you are an antinomianist. Islamists argue that the doctrine of antinomianism is valid when on Jihad.
Religions, in general, is similar to sport fans who belong to a certain club. They cheer that club, they wish the opponent club to fail, they wish to convert as many fans as possible to their side, they like their side, and hate the other, they allow for their side to make mistakes, and cry foul if the opposing team comes anywhere near their players.
You would never find a football coach telling his team let us face it guys, you stink, our system stink, and the opponents are the best in everything! The players, and the fans would abandon him, and he will have no job. That is the same thing with priests, rabbis, mullahs. Most of the time these religious leaders honestly believe that their way is the best, and the other religions are just full of it.
The civilized world had to deal with the “holy books” that actually can be used to insight hate, and xenophobia between people. The world can count many slaughters and wars that was based on the xenophobic zealots of one religion or the other. Eventually, the civilized world started teaching coexistence, and tolerance of others. On the other hand, Islam, in the past 30 years, found a new source of funds, and ideologies that made it go back to the barbaric age of incitement of hate. The new mullah government of Iran put the entire country resources under the control of the fanatic Islamists. In addition, the post-energy crises Saudi Arabians, found themselves flush with billions of petrodollars, and were obligated to channel lots of money into a worldwide fanatic Islamic movement. The Saudis also recruited much public relation heavy weight that protected their image from the wrath of the American public. If their was justice in this world, these Saudi advisors and defendants/consultants in Washington would all be hanged in a public square for treason.
Given the above background, the west disregarded that orchestrated hate and plots against us. They thought of these guys as a bunch of backward ragheads. Well, they are, but they are plotting to kill you, Mr. stupid Anglo-Saxon! If you are not going to learn the whole story, you will simply going to burry your head in the sand, and have your butt up in the air, in the open for your enemy to have their way with you.
Unfortunately, we in the west are cursed with this new thing called Political Correctness! We must respect other people religions, even if it teaches them to kill us! We cannot criticize any holy book! These books are “HOLY”, you know!
At this juncture of this world history, it would be advisable if the religion leaders get together one day, and tell the rest of us: Guys, you know you can support your club without killing the opponents! Religions are useful in helping people behave nicely toward each others, and should not be abused to incite hate. Good old Voltair made a comment one time about the poor people: I am glad the peasants believe in God, if they did not fear punishment in the hereafter, they would kill us, and steal our money.
Out of 38 violant troubled areas in the world, 36 are Moslem instigated!!!!
The Saudi article "Terrorism Is Alien to Islam" is a good start. If all Moslem leaders, and Moslem media would preach peace and tolerance, then the Moslem population may learn to forget the hate and militancy as a way to get their way.
Your belief that I am a Moslem rests on thinner gruel than my knowledge that you indulge in some of the baser thoughts that undergird that religion.
I think it's something like 25 generations on one side, and 15 on the other, and we're still not American enough for you?
Go back where you came from English dog!
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