“They are fundamentalist Muslims and their idea of Islam is quite different from the rest of the Islamic world”. “So for all our powers of reasons and us talking about moderate and peaceful Muslims, I’m glad you’re here.
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This is not something that we teach”, he said.
“And these people do not, by any means, represent Islam”, he said. There’s been pushback – there are a few who say, well, we don’t believe in violence, but are not as willing to challenge a few of the extremist thoughts or rationales for why Muslims feel oppressed.
It is with this thought in mind that I would like readers to consider the response of a few Muslim leaders to the recent attacks in Paris. “These unprecedented attacks, targeting innocent people, are against everything we stand for, shoulder to shoulder with others, in the civilized world”.
Abdul Aziz, 49, a community worker from Renfrew, said: “I was absolutely sickened as I watched the events in Paris”.
For Noure Belaj, practicing the teachings of Islam is about love. “They want to import the notion of a divided world”, he added.
The Islamic State took responsibility for the attack, suggesting it was an act of revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq.
“It’s a religion of peace, just like every religion”.
“We must ensure that we only bring in the right people”.
The Islamic State’s terror attacks have a few Muslims speaking out against the violence.
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“It is a shame that we are seeing an increase in hate crimes after these terror attacks, but it is a very tiny minority of people that are carrying them out”. One day after Muslims murdered close to 150 of their fellow citizens, the majority of French appear to be siding with Muslims over their fellow countrymen. “The mosque is regularly attended by families with young children”, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said in a news release following the incident. “I don’t just talk about political leaders”. Its mission is to serve the religious, educational, and social needs of the Muslim community in the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula.
