Egypt's Grand Mufti: IS is Damaging Islam

Arutz Sheva ^ | 13/8/14

[Eleutheria5]

Egypt's top religious authority on Tuesday condemned the armed group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria and is now calling itself the Islamic State (IS).

According to Reuters, Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam described the group as a corrupt, extremist organization that is damaging Islam.

“An extremist and bloody group such as this poses a danger to Islam and Muslims, tarnishing its image as well as shedding blood and spreading corruption,” said Allam, Egypt's most influential Muslim cleric, was quoted by the state news agency MENA as having reported.

The comments came as the Vatican called on Muslim religious leaders to take a “clear and courageous stance” and condemn “unspeakable criminal acts” by IS.

The grand mufti's view represents the opinion of Al Azhar, one of the world's oldest seats of Muslim learning, which influences the opinions of Muslims worldwide.

Allam said the group’s actions strengthened the hand of those who wanted to harm Islam.

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[Eleutheria5]

"They didn't crush the cameras. If you're going to commit atrocities, at least crush all cameras nearby and beat the photographer senseless, threaten him with death and find out where his family lives. This is a sacred duty of all Muslims engaged in holy wars. IS' failure to do this has helped unmask Islam as an evil death cult, and that is harmful to Islam."

Dear Mufti Allam: Go f@#$ yourself and your evil spider religion. It's too little and too late for you to salvage Islam's image. IS is just the most recent and blatant example of Islam's venality.

[doc1019]

Yep, how can you damage something that is already crap. ;-)

[ilovesarah2012]

Islam is damaging islam.

[shalom aleichem]

Good!

[shalom aleichem]

Yes, implosion is better.

[Izzy Dunne]

Is it wrong to hope for a “holy war” between the ISIS savages and the more mainstream savages?

[50sDad]

Or...”Oh, SHIT! People are seeing what a corrupt, kill-crazy bunch of murderous bastards we are! Time to lie to the Infidels and give our Muslim bothers some cover!”

[caww]

..."Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam described the group as a corrupt, extremist organization that is damaging Islam"..... LOLOLOL......No, it's doing exactly what you creeps want it to do....

[caww]

..."Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam described the group as a corrupt, extremist organization that is damaging Islam"..... LOLOLOL......No, it's doing exactly what you creeps want it to do....

[nascarnation]

Lame headgear. If you're gonna be Grand Mufti you need something cooler than this:

[MarMema]

A little too late I believe to worry about that.

[MaxMax]

Islam cannot be damaged. They're all Murderers, Homosexuals, and Thieves.

The best damage to Islam is the death of Islam and the destruction of all
Mosques across the planet.

[Secret Agent Man]

bill clinton is happy now that his infamous denial sentence makes sense.

- it depends on what the definition of the word “is”, is.

[lightman]

The terrorist who until recenly were called ISIS change their name with the frequency of a cheap ham radio.

[MasterGunner01]

How could a hardliner group of radical Muslim psycho killers [ISIS, ISIL, IS] be damaging to the psych death cult of Islam? Muslim practitioners of Islam in its sincerest form are deranged killers. There is no such thing as a moderate follower of Islam; you are either an active killer or you are a passive enabler who supports the killers by silence or by donations.