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Debate:Does mainstream Islam endorse violence? (view source)
Revision as of 13:41, November 23, 2007
, 13:41, November 23, 2007→Comment
Mainstream Islam... how many people are Muslims? And how many of these people are radical? The radical/total people ratio is so small that it is unbelievably prejudiced to think that the entire religion endorses violence. That's like seeing a couple people in American with 9 fingers and thinking everyone in the country does.
Mainstream Islam... how many people are Muslims? And how many of these people are radical? The radical/total people ratio is so small that it is unbelievably prejudiced to think that the entire religion endorses violence. That's like seeing a couple people in American with 9 fingers and thinking everyone in the country does.
Mainstream American Muslims have condemned violence, but this is conveniently overlooked. Here is one example:
"Scholars condemn attacks on civilians as a violation of Islamic teaching
Thurs., July. 28, 2005
American Muslim scholars who interpret religious law for their community issued an edict Thursday condemning terrorism against civilians in response to the wave of deadly attacks in Britain and other countries.
In the statement, called a fatwa, the 18-member Fiqh Council of North America wrote that people who commit terrorism in the name of Islam were “criminals, not ‘martyrs.”’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8740980/