Posted on 09/10/2007 8:23:17 AM PDT by Cat loving Texan
They say peace is at the heart of Islam.
By Steven Kreytak AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF AMERICAN STATESMAN STAFF Monday, September 10, 2007
Sharida McKenzie recently heard someone on a cable news show say that Muslims in the United States rarely stand to denounce terrorism.
Then McKenzie, who is Muslim, heard her non-Muslim in-laws say something similar.
The 29-year-old Round Rock accountant soon came to agree and began to recruit Austin-area Muslims to join her in what she called a Muslim Peace March.
On Sunday, about 130 people rallied at the Capitol to declare themselves peaceful and denounce acts of violence committed by extremists in the name of Islam.
"We as Muslims are responsible for making it known that Islam does not condone terrorism," McKenzie told the crowd. "This is about Muslims taking a stand for peace."
Lined up two-by-two behind a large white banner that said "Islam Is Peace," the demonstrators walked solemnly in a circular route that ran several blocks along 11th Street. They carried signs with phrases like "Embrace Peace, Reject Terror" and "Love Thy Neighbor."
Riaz Jafri, a medical researcher who lives in Northwest Austin, said that even six years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it is still important to counteract the image of Muslims as terrorists.
"Our religion does not teach to kill innocent persons," said Jafri, 47.
Addressing the crowd after the march, Sheik Mohammed-Umer Esmail of the North Austin Muslim Community Center quoted the Quran: "Whoever kills a person unjustly, it is as though he has killed all mankind."
He later said: "All acts of terrorism are prohibited by the Quran."
University of Texas student Javeed Bora, 21, said he joined the march to counteract the poor image of his religion.
"If we change one person's understanding of Islam," he said, "then this is worth it."
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Exactly 6 years ago today I may have believed that. A lot can change in a mere 24 hours ...
Might be interesting if a billion moslems were to wake up, but they appear to be sleepwalking through life.
Who should I believe, them or my lying eyes.
Your religeon has a poor reputation because a large sect of it beheads people and blows things up. Why don’t you concentrate in reigning those people in instead of trying to convince us.
Your religion teaches that Infidels can and indeed should be killed, raped and robbed in the name of Allah. So cram it, Taqquiyah-boy.
“Addressing the crowd after the march, Sheik Mohammed-Umer Esmail of the North Austin Muslim Community Center quoted the Quran: “Whoever kills a person unjustly, it is as though he has killed all mankind.””
This is what I hate. It’s all dependent on the term ‘unjustly’ there. Well, elsewhere it’s defined as being just to kill an infidel that doesn’t convert when called to.
Talk about quoted out of context!
innocent persons = muzzies
And there's the catch! You see, in islam, those who are not moslems (aka "infidels" - Christians, Jews, Bhuddists, atheists, agnostics, practically everyone...), are not considered "innocent persons".
You are correct. Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner.
Too bad the PC world we live in can’t seem to understand this fact.
“On Sunday, about 130 people rallied at the Capitol to declare themselves peaceful and denounce acts of violence committed by extremists in the name of Islam.”
It’s pathetic that they are doing this 6 years after 911. They should have done it before 911.
Even then, they only found 130 people who would go along with them, and I wonder what portion of them are actually Muslim.
But Islam is a religion of peace. Once the non-believers are all dead, and all but the members of one of the sects of Islam are all dead, there will be peace!
Great news, McKenzie! Help expose them. Help kill them. Create a show or a website called "Muslims Most Wanted" /sarcasm
Putting aside the absurd notion that you can convert a person’s inner beliefs by force, Islam furthers group think by the concept of the Umma, the Borg-like idea that once you are part of Islam, you cannot leave, no matter what else you might come to believe as being true. No “Religion of Peace” is very peaceful if it teaches that its members have a duty to kill anyone who disagrees with it.
Thus, people who practice Islam must be very conflicted in side, especially given that the Koran states Allah can change His mind at any time. While the God of the Bible says that He does not change and that no one jot or tittle of the Law will be done away, Allah says he can “abrogate” anything he dictated in Mecca and replace it with anything he likes at Medina. see 2:106
also see http://jihadwatch.org/islam101/ Search for “abrogation”
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