American Muslims Respond to Terrorism
American Muslim groups have repeatedly issued statements condemning terrorism in all forms wherever it has risen, not because they are asked to, but because of the basic Islamic principle that no one has the right to take innocent life. They have done so from the beginning of the spate of attacks in the name of Islam, since the events of September 11, 2001 when a coalition of leading Muslim groups condemned the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Continuing to do so, they work with law enforcement agencies on all levels to curb extremism. American Muslims say that terrorists pervert their religion and that they are just as concerned as anyone about the future and safety of our families.
Statements Against Violence, Here and Abroad
In the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, Muslim groups in the U.S.
and around the world issued statements condemning the violence as antithetical
to Islamic teachings. Here is a selection of those statements.
Muslim Leaders
American
Muslim Leaders Condemn Attacks
American Muslims
Denouncing Terrorism
BeliefNet
American Muslims
and Scholars Denounce Terrorism on Anniversary of 9/11
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
Bin Laden's
Idea of 'Jihad' is Out of Bounds, Islamic Scholars Say
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
British
Muslim leaders condemn terrorism
BBC
Islamic Statements Against
Terrorism in the Wake of the September 11 Mass Murders
University of North Carolina Website
Islamic
World Deplores U.S. Losses
BBC
Muslim
Voices Against Extremism & Terrorism - Part II - Statements by Organizations
The American Muslim
Quran
a Book of Peace Not War, Islamic Scholars Say
National Geographic
UK Muslim
Leaders Condemn 'Lunatic Fringe'
BBC
Islamic Scholars
Ayatollah
Muhammad Husain Fadlallah of Lebanon condemns Osama Bin Laden,
by Ayatollah
Muhammad Husain Fadlallah
Defending the Civilians (a
fatwa against terrorism),
by Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti
Grand
Sheikh of al-Azhar Condemns Suicide Bombings,
by Shaykh Muhammad Sayyed
Tantawi
High Mufti of
Russian Muslims calls for Extradition of Bin Laden,
by Russian Muslim
leaders
Iran's
Supreme Leader Condemns Attacks on U.S.,
by Ayatollah Ali Khamanei
Most
Prominent Sunni Muslim Scholar Condemns Killing of Civilians,
by Shaykh
Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University
Muslim scholars
reach out to Pope,
by BBC News
Muslim
Voices Against Extremism and Terrorism - Part I - Fatwas,
by various
scholars
Muslim
Voices Against Extremism and Terrorism - Part IV A few Quotes,
by various
scholars
Prominent
Pakistani Cleric Tahir ul Qadri condemns Bin Laden,
by Tahir ul Qadri
Scholars of Islam
Condemn Terrorism
Colgate University Web site
Spanish Muslim
Clerical authorities Issue Fatwa against Osamah Bin Laden,
by Spanish
Muslim leaders
Terrorism:
Not a doorway to heaven,
by Jamil Abdul Razzak Hajoo, of Idriss Mosque,
Seattle
What
is jihad? What is terrorism?,
by Statement by Muslim scholars
Individuals
Report:
Muslim Celebrities Condemn Attacks
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Muhammad
Ali, Hakeem Olajuwon of the Houston
Rockets
A
Muslim Surgeon's Prayer for His Fellow Americans,
by Aftab Ahmad
Area
Muslims slam suicide bombing,
by Washington Times report
Not In My Name: A
Treatise Against Religious Intolerance,
by Richard L. Dixon, convert to
Islam
When
the innocent are murdered, we all go into the dark with them,
by Ziauddin
Sardar
World's
future hinges on peace between faiths, Islamic scholars tell Pope,
by
Riazat Butt and Martin Hodgson
|
