The St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemns the London bombings and demonstrates why so many of us have a hard time taking Islamic condemnations of mass-murder seriously:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, St. Louis Chapter, joins Americans of every faith and people of conscience across the world in condemning Thursday’s bomb attacks in London.
We offer our sincere condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed or injured in these attacks. We also call for swift action in apprehending and punishing the perpetrators.
No injustice done to Muslims can justify the massacre of innocent people, and no act of terror will serve the cause of Islam. We repudiate and dissociate ourselves from any group or individual who commits, condones or justifies such brutal and un-Islamic acts, whatever name they give themselves. These acts violate the Islamic principles of preserving the sanctity of life and protecting the safety and security of innocent civilians.
We refuse to allow our faith to be held hostage by the criminal actions of a tiny minority acting outside the teachings of the Quran and the teaching of Prophet Muhammad.
Fine words. They would have been worth something without that line about "injustice done to Muslims." Does CAIR-STL actually think that's why these mass murders are happening?
Which "injustice done to Muslims" are they referring to? The fact that Israel refuses to commit seppuku? The liberation of Roman Catholic East Timor from Muslim oppression? The fact that the world disapproves of killing or enslaving southern Sudanese Christians? The fact that Nigerian and Indonesian Christians refuse to convert en masse? The break-up of the Ottoman Empire? The Reconquista?
I am waiting for immams preaching jihad to be arrested - after having been turned in by those attending their mosques. Until such things become common place, all this will be is blowing smoke.