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‘Terrorism Is Alien to Islam’
Arab News ^ | 5/10/03 | P.K. Abdul Ghafour

Posted on 05/10/2003 1:34:32 AM PDT by kattracks

JEDDAH, 10 May 2003 — The Shariah considers terrorism one of the most heinous crimes, says Dr. Abdullah Al-Turki, secretary-general of the Makkah-based Muslim World League. “Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and the two do not meet at any point,” he said.

“We are saying this not to please anybody but out of our conviction that showing mercy and compassion to our fellow human beings is the hallmark of Islam,” he added. He said it was the duty of the Muslims to provide full support for the government in its fight against terror.

Sheikh Saleh ibn Muhammad Al-Taleb, imam and khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, also called upon Muslims to mind the noble qualities of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). “The life of the Prophet is full of examples of noble qualities and strong morality,” the imam said while delivering his Friday sermon.

Taleb noted that the Prophet prayed for mercy for the non-believers who had hurt him and his companions, expelled them from their homes, tried to kill them and waged wars against them. “O God, forgive my people for they do not know,” he quoted the Prophet as saying during the battle of Uhed.

The Haram imam emphasized the significance of showing mercy to one’s fellow beings, citing it as one of the outstanding qualities of the Prophet. “The Shariah is benevolence in its totality, in its objectives, applications and means. Islam is the religion of mercy not only in times of peace but also during war,” he said.

Turki’s statement and the imam’s sermon follow the announcement by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday that its security officers foiled major terror attacks in the Kingdom by a 19-member group linked to the Al-Qaeda network.

Meanwhile, Dr. Muhammad ibn Saad Al-Salim, rector of the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, rejected suggestions that his institution was one of the breeding grounds of terrorists. “Our university has no relationship with these people (the terrorists),” he told Okaz newspaper.

“We advise our students to follow the noble teachings of Islam, which calls for tolerance and cooperation for the welfare of all,” the rector said. He added that the university was revising its curriculum regularly to accommodate modern developments. More than 80,000 students have graduated from the university over the past 50 years.

Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication of Arab News, reported yesterday that Khaled Muhammad Al-Johani, one of the 19 Al-Qaeda suspects was believed to be the gang’s leader.

The Arabic daily said Johani’s picture had appeared on the website of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) among 17 others more than a year ago.

The FBI listed Johani among Al-Qaeda suspects after its agents saw his picture in a video seized from the house of a former Al-Qaeda military commander, Muhammad Atef (Abu Hafs Al-Masri), who was killed in US bombings in Afghanistan in October 2001, the paper said.

Johani, who settled in Afghanistan in 1993 along with a number of Arab Afghans, had visited the Kingdom several times using forged travel documents but did not meet his father. Informed sources told the Arabic daily that Johani might have sneaked into the Kingdom a few months ago.

In a related development, Kuwait denied that Abdul Rahman Jabara, one of the 19 suspects, was a Kuwaiti national. “Jabara is of Iraqi origin and holds Canadian nationality. He was born in Kuwait and lived here for a long time before settling in Afghanistan four years ago,” a Kuwaiti source told the paper.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: kattracks
I've understood that Allah says it's ok to lie, and even under oath, and upon the Koran, if it advances the Cause. Ala he himself, isn't bound to his word. He can lie, so why wouldn't his people lie?
21 posted on 05/10/2003 6:27:05 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: kattracks
"Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and the two do not meet at any point"

There certainly are a lot of Muslims who never got this message, Abdullah.

22 posted on 05/10/2003 6:29:24 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The cosmos is God's holy scripture. His truth is there for all to read.)
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To: kattracks
Try selling that one to the Wahabbis!
23 posted on 05/10/2003 6:37:25 AM PDT by JimRed (Disinformation is the leftist's and enemy's friend; consider the source before believing.)
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To: kattracks
‘Terrorism Is Alien to Islam’

I suppose it all depends on what the definition of terrorism "is"...
24 posted on 05/10/2003 6:46:26 AM PDT by VOA
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To: alloysteel
You make a really great point - on the other hand it raises questions about the last 1460 years of Western and Central European history.

Those people were all Christian. They couldn't make it through a full decade without war or totalitarian (terroristic) regimes somewhere in the area in that whole period. In the end one group decided to dispose of the entirity of the Jews, and almost did so!

It's only now after 50+ years of a benign American Occupation that they've been able to tone it down.

Then there were the Mongol Invasions (roughly 600s to 1400s), and whether they were Buddhist, Moslem or Christian, they were equally brutal and rapacious!

Islamic civilization has been, on the whole, at least as peaceful as that of Western and Central Europe.

25 posted on 05/10/2003 8:35:51 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: kattracks
This is good news. So when do they start supporting freedom for Muslims to leave Islam without the death penalty?
26 posted on 05/10/2003 8:51:26 AM PDT by JeepInMazar (www.answering-islam.org)
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To: Thorondir; kattracks; CheneyChick; vikingchick; Victoria Delsoul; WIMom; kmiller1k; mhking; rdb3; ..
So, Muslims are aliens? I wonder if we could design some special glasses, so that we could see them in crowds of humans?





27 posted on 05/10/2003 9:54:00 AM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: kattracks
Funny statement. The cold, hard fact is that Islam IS terror. Islam was spread not by the power of the word, but by the power of cold, hard steel. Believe or be killed. That is the factual history of Islam, and it has continued unchanged to this day. Islam is a religion of terror.
28 posted on 05/10/2003 9:55:58 AM PDT by Billy_bob_bob ("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
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To: Sabertooth
"We got one that can see!"

8-)
29 posted on 05/10/2003 10:07:41 AM PDT by Bobby777
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To: kattracks
Who you gonna believe?
Me or your own lying eyes?

Sandmaggot propaganda never changes.

30 posted on 05/10/2003 10:18:42 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
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To: Billy_bob_bob
Actually in most of the parts of the world whre Islam is the dominant religion it was spread by peaceful means. In the early days it was spread by violence, of course, mostly at the hands of former Byzantine "Christian" soldiers working for the Arabs.

One thing for sure, in the 7th and 8th centuries, the Moslems knew where to go to find guys who knew how to chop heads, eh?!

31 posted on 05/10/2003 10:18:44 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
You know, that crap might fly with the totally ignorant.

I ain't buying any of it.
Comparing today with Christianity of the 11th century is so.... muslim and childish.

But I repeat myself...

32 posted on 05/10/2003 10:23:04 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
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To: Sabertooth
"I'm here to chew gum, and kick ass... and I'm all out of gum.."
33 posted on 05/10/2003 10:25:14 AM PDT by Paradox
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To: muawiyah
Actually in most of the parts of the world whre Islam is the dominant religion it was spread by peaceful means.

No it was not.

Unless you mean like today in the Philipines and Indonesia.
Depends on your definition of "peaceful"?

"I did not have sex with that woman..."

34 posted on 05/10/2003 10:26:17 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
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To: Sabertooth
Who want's to see them?

I mean, they NEED veils! But not Meg...

35 posted on 05/10/2003 10:56:10 AM PDT by Regulator (I watched the same damn movie last night!)
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To: kattracks
‘Terrorism Is Alien to Islam’

After running this through the "truth in advertizing" filter, we are left with:

"Islamics are Alien Terrorists"

36 posted on 05/10/2003 11:08:18 AM PDT by Cachelot (~ In waters near you ~)
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To: kattracks
Interesting... I agree, not all moslems are terrorists... It's funny, though, how it seems that the vast majority of the world's terrorists are moslems, and the vast majority of strife in the world is either in, or caused by, moslem countries...

Mark

37 posted on 05/10/2003 11:12:01 AM PDT by MarkL
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To: kattracks
MAKKAH, 11 January — Muslim scholars from around the world yesterday spelled out their definition of terrorism saying ‘it covers all acts of aggression unjustly committed by individuals, groups or states against human beings including attacks on their religion, life, intellect, property or honor’. They also said "any act of violence or threat ... designed to terrorize people or endanger their lives or security" also amounts to terrorism. "Damaging the environment and public or private facilities, and endangering natural resources" is equally an act of terror, as are "murder and banditry." They, however, described acts by the Palestinians against the Israeli occupation as a form of jihad and legitimate self-defense and called for a joint effort to counter anti-Islamic campaigns.
38 posted on 05/10/2003 11:23:27 AM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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To: Sabertooth
So, Muslims are aliens? I wonder if we could design some special glasses, so that we could see them in crowds of humans?

Hmm?? Maybe with a little tweaking, these could be adapted??? . . .



39 posted on 05/10/2003 11:35:45 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: philetus
Muslim scholars like to pick and choose which instances of terrorism they will consider terrorism.
40 posted on 05/10/2003 11:35:54 AM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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