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2 posted on
04/06/2004 7:00:16 AM PDT by
SJackson
(A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity, Sigmund Freud)
To: SJackson
you can add me...thx
Seems American Muslims only feel it's wrong to desecrate the dead, murder is OK. Nice to see where our Muslim neighbors stand...
www.cair.com
News Releases
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
CAIR condemns mutilation of bodies in Iraq
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned the mutilation of those killed in Iraq on Wednesday. Four American civilian contractors were ambushed in their SUV's, burned, mutilated, dragged through the streets and then hung from a bridge spanning the Euphrates River, according to news reports.
CAIR said the mutilations violated both Islamic and international norms of conduct during times of war and called on all parties to the conflict to respect the sanctity of the dead and the sensitivities of their families.
The Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group cited a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad that prohibits mutilating bodies (Hadith 654.3).
In another tradition, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Do not kill women or children, or an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not destroy an inhabited place." (Al-Muwatta, Vol. 21, Hadith 9)
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 25 regional offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada.
To: SJackson
Bump and thanks!
50 posted on
04/07/2004 12:49:20 AM PDT by
lainde
(Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
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