I was going to take a short holiday, but Firefly's intransigence convinced me otherwise. Extremism needs constant vigilence and continuous exposure to sunlight. Ah. A clarification. Translation: you caught us. Here's a suitable excuse. Discuss, and froth.
This opinion is clearly not limited to certain Muslims, so the Islam thing is a red herring. Check out the thread I posted on "Attitudes to Rape", and you'll see several non-Muslims espousing exactly the same archaic views.
I don't know, James ...according to the article, it IS part of the Muslim religion. Read the article again, James, it's not just one radical individual. Baron Max
You mean its 1.5 billion radicals? Omigosh, whatcha gonna dooooooooooooo?Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Hmm, actually, Sam, al Jazeerhah is a good one to watch to get that sense. You should check it out some time. But, no, Sam ....watch any old news program and you'll see Muslims rioting, Muslims killing other Muslims, Muslim terrorists blowing up innocent women and children, Muslims demonstrating and calling for the death of the Pope, and on and on and on and........ So pretty soon it begins to make one wonder about Muslims, ya' know??? Baron Max
sure lots of people agree with this. i'm one of them. bitch should put out on command! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! but i don't go claiming this in the name of Judaism. actually i believe all 3 religions believe the same thing... that a woman cannot refuse her husband. but it's the same difference as usual. some people take it literally. while i recognize that according to Judaism this may be so, i don't take it seriously because i'm a f'n liberal who lives in 2006, not 1006.
You're saying non-Muslims never rioted? Non-Muslims never killed other non-Muslims? Non-Muslim terrorists never blew up innocent women and children? Non-Muslims never demonstrated and called for the death of another figurehead? And on and on and on...? I'm not saying there isn't a group of Muslims aren't innocent. There are groups of Muslims who are extremists and who do deserve the criticism you have stated. But generalizing what's on the news and claiming ALL Muslims are like that is totally false and proves ignorance.
Yeah, it's happened a few times .....but white, non-Muslims won't stand for it and they crack down on such bullshit quickly. Yeah, it might happen, but it don't happen for long! The 1.5 billion Muslims could voice their outrage at such terrorist tactics, but they don't, do they? If they did, their voices would be heard and the violence and terrorist bullshit would stop! Even in Iraq, where Shitte Muslims kill and terrrorize Sunni Muslims, we don't hear any outrage ....other than continual calls for vengeance! The Muslims are bringing all of the world's hate onto themselves ....by not voicing their loud, insistent outrage at the terrorists. Baron Max
They do and they are heard, just not in Western media. Now why do you think that is? http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman/terror.htm http://www.freemuslims.org/news/article.php?article=542 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8740980/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8740980/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/5111092.stm http://www.rayhawk.com/classics/matusa/home.html http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm Islamic Responses to the Sept. 11 Attack http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint/islamonWTC.htm Muslims against Terrorism http://www.islamfortoday.com/terrorism.htm Muslims Condemn Terrorist Attacks http://www.muhajabah.com/otherscondemn.php Against Osama bin Laden http://www.juancole.com/2005/07/friedman-wrong-about-muslims-again-and.html Fatwas against 9/11 http://www.fatwa-online.com/worship/jihaad/jih007/index.htm Fatwas against suicide bombings/terrorism http://www.fatwa-online.com/worship/jihaad/jih004/index.htm This was only a cursory search.
In case those are not sufficient: Against Terrorism and Religious Extremism: Muslim Position and Responsibilities http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.ph..._extremism_muslim_position_and_responsibilit/ http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=28240 http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/terrorism_a_return_to_jahiliyya/ http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/3074_0_2_0_C/ A Better Future for Our Children, Dr. Javeed Akhter http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=137_0_16_0_C A Call to Harabah Not Jihad http://www.altmuslim.com/opinion_comments.php?id=795_0_25_0_C A Brutal Murder Nonetheless, Prof. Farish A. Noor http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=494_0_37_0_C A Call for Sunni-Shia Dialogue, Imam Abdal Malik Mujahid http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=683_0_38_0_C A Memo to American Muslims, M. Muqtedar Khan http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002jan_comments.php?id=170_0_7_0_C A Message to American Muslims, Imam Tammam Adi http://www.islamfortoday.com/adi04.htm A Moderate Muslim View of Islamic Terrorism, Kamal Nawash http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/moderate_muslim_view_of_islamic_terrorism.htm A Murder in Saudi, It’s Our Problem Too, Shahed Amanullah http://www.altmuslim.com/opinion_comments.php?id=1242_0_25_0_C A Muslims Anguish in the Midst of the Attack on America, A. Rashied Umar http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=103_0_14_0_C A Spiritual Jihad Against Terrorism, 5 Parts, Sheila Musaji Part I http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_spiritual_jihad_against_terrorism_part_i/ Part II http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_spiritual_jihad_against_terrorism_part_ii/ Part III http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_spiritual_jihad_against_terrorism_part_iii/ Part IV http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_spiritual_jihad_against_terrorism_part_iv/ Part V http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_spiritual_jihad_against_terrorism_part_v/ A Time for Introspection, Hamza Yusuf http://www.islamfortoday.com/hamza01.htm A Time for Renewal, Ali Ahmed Minhai http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=107_0_14_0_C A World Out of Touch With Itself: A Jewish Response to the Terror Attacks, Rabbi Michael Lerner http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=75_0_14_0_C Aftermath at Ground Zero, Faiz Khan http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=252_0_17_0_C Against the Nihilism of Terror: Jihad as Testimony to Transcendence, Dr. S. Pervez Manzoor, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003march_comments.php?id=291_0_18_0_C Al Islam.org Condemns Crimes Against Humanity http://www.al-islam.org/dilp_statement.html AL QAEDA -Muslim Leaders Urged to Be Vigilant in War on Terror http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=7117 -Al Qaidah Targets British Muslim Leaders http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=7124 American Muslim CEO’s Fight Terrorism http://www.usatoday.com/money/2004-05-18-muslim-ceos_x.htm American Muslims Condemn London Bombings http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/d...btterrets0.2144586&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html American Muslims Launch TV Ad Against Terrorism http://today.reuters.com/news/newsA...TRIDST_0_USREPORT-SECURITY-USA-MUSLIMS-DC.XML American Muslim Scholars Denounce Terrorism - Statement from CSIDhttp://theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=132_0_14_0_C American Muslims Have A Special Obligation, Ingrid Mattson, http://www.beliefnet.com/story/89/story_8987_1.html American Muslims in Search of a Third Way, Dr. Muqtedar Khan http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=186_0_16_0_C America’s Tragedy, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf http://www.zaytuna.org/tragedy.html Amman Conference of 180 Muslim scholars from all eight schools of thought (Sunni and Shia) from 36 countries meeting in a three-day conference in Amman Muslim Scholars Ban Killing in Name of Islam and Muslim Clerics Endorse Religious Edict The Amman Initiative: A Theological Counter-Attack Against Terrorism, S. Abdallah Schlieffer International Islamic Conference Says No to Fundamentalism FINAL STATEMENT OF AMMAN CONFERENCE An American Muslim Prayer to Remember September 11th, Omar Ricci http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=68_0_14_0_C An Open Letter to America and the World, Asma’el Muhaiyaddeen, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=70_0_14_0_C An American Prayer to Remember September 11th, Omar Ricci, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=68_0_14_0_C An Open Letter to Muslim Extremists Who Kill in Our Name, Lubna Nadvi http://www.muslimwakeup.com/mainarchive/2004/09/001121print.php Arab Writers Fight Terrorism, Sherri Gosset http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/3074_0_2_0_C/ Are We Really Supposed to Kill All the Infidels?, Dr. Hesham Hassaballa http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1459_0_25_0_C As the Smoke Begins to Clear, Michael Wolfe http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=254_0_17_0_C Australian Federation of Islamic Councils has condemned the bombings in London http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1410037.htm Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme jurist-ruler of Iran: ғKilling of people, in any place and with any kind of weapons, including atomic bombs, long-range missiles, biological or chemical weapons, passenger or war planes, carried out by any organization, country or individuals is condemned. ... It makes no difference whether such massacres happen in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Qana, Sabra, Shatila, Deir Yassin, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq or in New York and Washington. Islamic Republic News Agency, September 16, 2001, http://www.irna.com/en/hphoto/010916000000.ehp.shtml Ayatollah (Grand Ayatollah) Makarem Shirazi: Islam Despises any Violence against Innocent People http://iqna.ir/NewsBodyDesc_en.asp?lang=en&ProdID=22850 Badshah Khan, A Pacifist Uncovered http://www.progressive.org/0901/pal0202.html Beheading Evokes Revulsion, Arab News http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1ion=0&article=47082&d=20&m=6&y=2004 Beware of Injustice, It’s Hell, Mahbubur Rehman http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0309-2095 Bin Laden an Enemy of Islam, Muqtedar Khan http://www.glocaleye.org/binladen.htm Bin Laden’s Idea of Jihad is ‘Out of Bounds’ Say Muslim Scholars http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/39887_islam22.shtml Bin Laden’s Violence is a Heresy Against Islam, Abdal-Hakim Murad, http://www.islamfortoday.com/murad04.htm Bin Laden’s Call for a Holy War Rejected by Florida Imam http://www.islamfortoday.com/florida01.htm Bin Laden’s Fatwa: A Call to Harabah, Aziz H. Poonawalla, http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003march_comments.php?id=269_0_18_0_C Bizarro Umma, Omar Gatto http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=529_0_37_0_C Bombing Without Moonlight - the Origins of Suicidal Terrorism, Abdul Hakim Murad Part I http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jul_comments.php?id=778_0_39_0_C and Part II http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jul_comments.php?id=779_0_39_0_C Bridging the Chasm Between the West and Islam, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf http://www.asmasociety.org//perspectives/letter.html Bringing Back Real Islam, Fuad Nahdi http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1187183,00.html British Muslims Urged to Fight Terrorism http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=368342004 But Then, Nothing, Nothing Justifies Terrorism, Mahmoud Darwish http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/nothing_justifies_terrorism.htm CAIR Condemns School Killings in Russia http://www.cair-net.org/asp/article.asp?id=1200&page=NR CAIR Condemns Murder of American in Iraq http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=30274 CAIR “Not in the Name of Islam” Petition http://www.cair-net.org/asp/article.asp?id=169&page=AA CAIR Arizona Rally Against Terrorism http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=30418 CAIR Calls for Release of All Hostages in Iraq http://www.cair-net.org/asp/article.asp?id=1222&page=NR CAIR Condemns Barbaric London Terror Attacks http://cair.com/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=1647&theType=NR CAIR Condemns Egypt Bomb Attacks http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jul_comments.php?id=847_0_39_0_C Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islamhttp://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/documents/regionaldocs/cairo_dec.htm Call for Holy War Condemned by Florida Muslim Cleric http://www.islamfortoday.com/florida01.htm Call To Join the Movement For Eradication Of Terrorism, Shahnaz S. Khan and M. Khalid Riaz http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=129_0_14_0_C Calling on the Ulema, Dr Maher Hathout http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=654_0_38_0_C Can Only Muslims Be Terrorists, Kamran Memon http://iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IV0307-2020 Can Rational Analysis Break a Taboo, Said Amir Arjomand http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=121_0_14_0_C Canadian Islamic Leaders Denounce Terrorism http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...gs-muslims,1,3632493.story?ctrack=1&cset=true Canadian Society of Muslims Condemns Terrorist Attacks http://muslim-canada.org/news09112001.html Cassablanca Declaration of the Arab Human Rights Movement http://www.hri.ca/doccentre/docs/casa-dec.shtml Chechen Cause is Now Poisoned and the World Views Muslims as Monsters, Yasmin Alibhai Brown http://www.ccmw.com/In The Press/Chechen cause is now poisoned.htm Civilizational Dialogue and the Muslim World, Seyyed Hossein Nasr http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=533_0_37_0_C COLLECTIONS OF STATEMENTS: - C. Kurzman http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman/terror.htm - Omid Safi http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm - Tim Lubin http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint/islamonWTC.htm - Muslims Against Terrorism http://www.islamfortoday.com/terrorism.htm - Religious Tolerance.org http://www.religioustolerance.org/reac_ter16.htm Combatting Terrorism, M. Shahid Alam, http://www.islam21.net/pages/keyissues/key7-9.htm Condemnation of Crimes Against Humanity http://www.al-islam.org/dilp_statement.html Counterterrorism, M.A. Muqtedar Khan http://www.mpac.org/news_article_display.aspx?ITEM=224 Crimes Against Humanity (collection of articles) http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003nov_comments.php?id=450_0_23_0_C Defenders of the Faith, Destroyers of Life, Ginan Rauf http://www.muslimwakeup.com/mainarchive/000916.php Destroying the Stereotype, Osama El-Ghazali Harb http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/709/op8.htm Devoted to My Faith and Country, Arsalan Iftikhar http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/devoted_to_my_faith_&_my_country.htm Dialectics of Terror, M. Shahid Alam http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003sept_comments.php?id=386_0_22_0_C Dialogue of Civilizations and the Globalization of Spirit, Kabir Helminski http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=531_0_37_0_C Does Islam Call for the Murder of Infidels, Dr. Hesham Hassaballa http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=700_0_38_0_C Economic Justice: A Cure for Terrorism, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002feb_comments.php?id=162_0_6_0_C Egyptian Organization for Human Rights EOHR demands that Sheikh al-Qardawy retract fatwa condoning terrorism http://www.eohr.org/press/2004/pr0912.htm European Muslims Slam “Heinous” London Blasts: Rawi, the FIOE president, offered heart-felt condolences to the families of the victims, Ahmed Al-Matboli http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-07/08/article05.shtml Evaluating Muslim Responses to 9/11, Shahed Amanullah http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003march_comments.php?id=268_0_18_0_C Events of September 11thm, S.M. Atif Imtiaz, Part I http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=41_0_14_0_C Part II http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=82_0_14_0_C Extremism is a Deadly Disease, Abubakar N. Kasim http://www.islamfortoday.com/kasim02.htm Faith Based Violence and Religious Zealotry, Salim Muwakkil http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=101_0_14_0_C Faith beyond the Messianic Violence of Terror and Empire, S. Parvez Manzoor http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jul_comments.php?id=824_0_39_30_C Faith, Justice and Terrorism, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattsonart1.htm Fanatics and Terrorists are Misguided, Imam Tammam Adi http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=104_0_14_0_C FATWAS - Fatwa from Grand MuftǮ of Saudi Arabia on USA Terrorism http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/contemporary/0020.htm - Fatwa from the Council of Saudi Ulama’, February 2003: “What is happening in some countries from the shedding of the innocent blood and the bombing of buildings and ships and the destruction of public and private installations is a criminal act against Islam. ... Those who carry out such acts have the deviant beliefs and misleading ideologies and are responsible for the crime. Islam and Muslims should not be held responsible for such actions.” The Dawn newspaper, Karachi, Pakistan, February 8, 2003, http://www.dawn.com/2003/02/08/top17.htm; also in “Public Statements by Senior Saudi Officials Condemning Extremism and Promoting Moderation,” May 2004, http://www.saudiembassy.net/ReportLink/Report_Extremism_May04.pdf, page 10 - Fatwa on the Fanatics, Ziauddin Sardar http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4262753,00.html - Fatwa by Sheikh Fazli Hadi Shinwari, who also heads the Council of Islamic Leaders in Afghanistan and is president of Afghanistan’s supreme court has issued a fatwa or religious edict saying that anyone who kills a foreigner will be sentenced to death. , said that the recent kidnapping of Italian aid worker, Clementina Cantoni was also against Islamic teachings and that they had decided to issue the fatwa against all of these actions. http://agonist.org/story/2005/5/28/114447/810 - Fatwa from Spanish Muslims Against al Qaeda http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jan_comments.php?id=664_0_31_0_C - Fatwa from Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia condemns SUICIDE TERRORISM, http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=214 - Fatwa from Grand Shaikh of Al Azhar Condemns SUICIDE BOMBINGS , http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1690624.stm - Fatwa Against Suicide Bombing and Terrorism by Indonesian Imams http://afr.com/articles/2003/12/17/1071337016482.html - Fatwa on U.S. Muslim Soldiers Fighting Terrorists http://www.omarmasry.net/american_muslim_soldiers.htm - Fatwa From Fiqh Council of North America Fatwa Against Terrorism Fight Terrorism to Preserve Civilization http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20030228a6.html Finding Good in Evil, Azzam Saeed http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/finding_good_in_evil.htm Finding Peace in an Insane World, Maryam Hand http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/finding_peace_in_insane_world.htm FIQH COUNCIL OF NORTH AMERICA Issues a Fatwa Against Terrorism From Uhud to Beslan, Hesham A. Hassaballa http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jan_comments.php?id=557_0_31_0_C Fundamentalist Extremism and Terrorism, http://www.cuii.org/faq/fundamentalist.htm Fundamentalism and Terrorism, Asghar Ali Engineer http://ecumene.org/IIS/csss99.htm Fundamentals and Fundamentalism: A Parting of the Ways in Islam, Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid, http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002april_comments.php?id=95_0_4_0_C Gandhi Project in Palestine http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=181_0_38_0_C Generalizing the Islamic Label, Abdul Rahman al Rashed http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/generalizing_the_islamic_label.htm God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty at the Same Time, Ali John Comegys http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=111_0_14_30_C Hamas Violence, Not In My Name, Ayman Ashour http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2004/03/hamas_violence.php Healing Our Brokenness, Muzammil Siddiqui http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/healing_our_broken-ness.htm Hegemony and Civilizational Interaction, Chandra Muzaffar http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=532_0_37_0_C Hijackers of Islam, Khalid Hasan http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/hijackers_of_islam.htm Hirabah - Violence - Jihad - Just War - Terrorism - Crusades http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/research_comments.php?id=428_0_23_0_C How American Muslims Really Responded to the Events of September 11, by Riad Z. Abdelkarim and Jason Erb http://www.counterpunch.org/riad0907.html How Did It Come to This? http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1289_0_24_0 How Muslims Are Losing Their Way, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=242_0_17_0_C How the Qur’an Looks at War, Imam Tammam Adi http://www.islamfortoday.com/adi08.htm If It’s Wrong, It’s Wrong, Hesham a. Hassaballa http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=709_0_38_30_C ICNA Statement on September 11th http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/icna.htm ICNA Condemns the Bomb Attacks on London http://icna.org/pr_london_attacks.htm ICO Statement Defending Islam, Denouncing Extremists http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4637/terr4a.html Innocent Religion Is Now a Message of Hate http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=522_0_37_0_C Interfaith Forum on Islam and Terrorism, Mohamed Jawad Khaki http://www.iman-wa.org/IslamQ&A.htm Interfaith Statement on WMD’s http://www.ildc.net/ildc-news/2005/...rspectives-on-the-nuclear-weapons-danger.html International Association of Muslim Scholars Condemn Egyptian and London Bombings (Shaikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi, Chairman) http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-07/24/article07.shtml Interpretation and Exceptionalism, Asma Barlas, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002aug_comments.php?id=28_0_13_0_C Is Killing an Apostate in the Islamic Law, Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=729_0_38_36_C Is terrorism about religion?, Samira Ali Gutoc http://www.mindanews.com/2003/08/10nws-terrorism.html Islam and the Theology of Power, Khaled Abou El Fadl, http://www.merip.org/mer/mer221/221_abu_el_fadl.html Islam Demands a Muslim Response to the Terror of 9/11, Imad-ad-Dean Ahmed, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=76_0_14_0_C Islam Denounces Terrorism, Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar), Turkish author: http://www.islamdenouncesterrorism.com Islam Is a Religion of Peace, But How Do We Convince You, Merryl Wynn Davies http://www.sundayherald.com/50712 Islam Means Surrender to God, Not Violence http://www.iviews.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IC0409-2459 Islam versus Terrorism http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=54988 Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence, USIP, http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr82.html Islam in the West: the Threat of Internal Extremism, M. Muqtedar Khan and John Esposito http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=715_0_38_30_C Islam is Not the Source of Terrorism, But It’s Solution, Harun Yahya http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=102_0_14_0_C Islam, Terrorism and the Separation of Church and State, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=77_0_14_0_C ISNA Condemns Terrorist Attacks in London http://www.isna.net/index.php?id=35&backPID=1&tt_news=220 ISNA Statement: Against Terrorism and Religious Extremism: Muslim Position and Responsibilities, Islamic Society of North America It’s Not Jihad, It’s Unholy Hirabah, Jim Guirard http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=240_0_17_30_C Jihad: Islam’s Struggle for Truth, Vincent Cornell http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=620_0_38_0_C Jihad in Islamist Political Discourse, Farish Noor http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/essays/noor.htm Jihad, Its True Meaning and Purpose, Muzammil Siddiqui, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=115_0_14_30_C Jihad Renogiated, Yusuf al Qaradawi http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/10/Article02.shtml Jihad: Waging Peace and Justice, Mohamed El Masry http://www.mediamonitors.net/elmasry8.html Jihadism Is Kufr, Not Islam, Sultan Shaheen Just War and Jihad, Bilal A. Malik, http://www.amherst.edu/~bamalik/docs/just-war-and-jihad-frame.html Justice - Human Rights (a collection of articles) http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003nov_comments.php?id=422_0_23_30_C Letter on the Events of September 11th, Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=72_0_14_30_C Living Together Takes Effort, Tariq Ramadan http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5235159-117079,00.html London Bombing Outrages Muslims http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...9,0,4004727.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Terrorist Attacks http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2001-10/10/article8.shtml#t Malaysia’s Efforts at Countering Terror Neglected by the West, Farish A. Noor http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002april_comments.php?id=89_0_4_0_C MAS Condemns Heinous Terror Attacks in London http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=2594 Memo to Mr. Bin Laden - Go to Hell!, Muqtedar Khan http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003march_comments.php?id=293_0_18_0_C Mohamed Khatami, Pres. of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Declares WMD’s Unethical http://www.islamonline.net/English/Science/2005/03/article08.shtml Monkey See, Monkey Do, Not an Islamic Ideal, Adur Rahman Squires http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=535_0_37_0_C MPAC Challenges Steve Emerson to Release Full Recording http://www.mpac.org/home_article_display.aspx?ITEM=793 MPAC Condemns London Bombings http://mpac.org/home_article_display.aspx?ITEM=790 MPAC Condemns Second Attack on London http://www.mpac.org/home_article_display.aspx?ITEM=796 MPAC National Anti-Terrorism Campaign http://www.mpac.org/atc/home.asp Muhammad Was a Terrorist?, Juan Cole http://theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=184_0_16_0_C Muslim Americans Should Defend America by Defending Human Rights, Dr. Agha Saeed http://www.amperspective.com/html/dr__agha_saeed.html Muslim Reactions to September 11th, Sheila Musaji, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=39_0_14_30_C Muslim Statements Against Terrorism http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman/terror.htm Muslim Terrorists Embrace a Very Secular Heresy, Abdal Hakim Murad http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=534_0_37_0_C Muslim Victims of September 11th Attack http://islam.about.com/blvictims.htm Muslim World Condemns Attacks on U.S., http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=127_0_14_30_C Muslim Youth Across America Unite Against Ideology of Hatred http://www.mpac.org/home_article_display.aspx?ITEM=797 Muslims Against Terrorism, Extremism and Fanaticism (a collection of articles) http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=525_0_37_0_C Muslims Must Reclaim Islam From Hate Filled Zealots http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/85431_mona911.shtml Muslims Must Develop an Intolerance for Intolerance, Muqtedar Khan http://www.islamfortoday.com/khan03.htm Muslims Worldwide Condemn Egyptian Diplomats Assassination http://egyptelection.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1824 New Frontiers in Conflict Management: A ѓGrand Strategy to Wage Jihad Against Terrorist Muslims Who Would Hijack Islam, http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=526_0_37_0_C New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Dialogue Against Terrorism: As the Smok Began to Clear, Michael Wolfe, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=254_0_17_0_C New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Dialogue Against Terrorism: It’s Not Jihad - It’s Unholy Hirabah, Jim Guirard, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=240_0_17_0_C New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Dialogue Against Terrorism: The Analogical Bird of Abu Nur, Dr. Robert D. Crane, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=210_0_17_0_C New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Dialogue Against Terrorism: Aftermath at Ground Zero, Faiz Khan, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=252_0_17_0_C New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Dialogue Against Terrorism: How Muslims are Losing Their Way, Dr. Robert D. Crane, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=242_0_17_0_C New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Dialogue Against Terrorism: Hirabah versus Jihad, Dr. Robert D. Crane, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=239_0_17_0_C New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Dialogue Against Terrorism: Terrorism, Jihad, and the Struggle for New Understandings, Dr. Antony T. Sullivan, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=244_0_17_0_C New Zealand Muslims Condemn Terrorism http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/FIANZWEB16/PressRelease1.html Not In the Name of Islam http://www.isna.net/news/miniheadlines.asp?cat=0&dismode=article&artid=331 Oh God, Please Don’t Let It Be a Muslim, Tarek Fatah http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2005/07/oh_god_please_l.php#more OIC Condemns Terrorism http://www.oic-oci.org/english/fm/All Download/frmex9.htm On the Hijacking of Islam, Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood http://www.islamfortoday.com/ruqaiyyah01.htm Persecution of Muslims Under Cover of Fighting Terrorism http://theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=489_0_38_72_C Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammed Condemns Attacks on Civilians http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3059365.stm Prince Talal Denounces Violent Assault on Londoners http://www.shianews.com/hi/middle_east/news_id/0001196.php Rally by Muslims Against Terrorism http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0426terror-rally26.html Recapturing Islam From the Terrorists, Abdul Hakim Murad http://www.islamfortoday.com/murad01.htm Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11, Islamic Council of New England http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=114_0_14_30_C Religious Heroism - The Real Jihad (collection of artcles) http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003nov_comments.php?id=467_0_23_30_C Religious Extremism (collection of articles) http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003nov_comments.php?id=445_0_23_30_C Saudi Imams Denounce Terrorist Attacks http://www.fatwa-online.com/news/0040508.htm Scholars of Islam Speak Out Against Terrorism - issue statement http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm September 11th and American Muslims, Reza Ghadimi, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=119_0_14_30_C September 11th, Clash of Civilizations? M. Shahid Alam, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=105_0_14_30_C September 11th Thoughts and Emothions, S.M. Atif Imtiaz, Part I - http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=41_0_14_0_C Part II - http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=82_0_14_0_C SCHOLARS STATEMENTS - Shaikh Abdul Hakim Murad Says Bin Laden’s Violence is a Heresy Against Islam http://www.islamfortoday.com/murad04.htm - Shaykh Mehmet Nuri Yilmaz, Head of the Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey: ԓAny human being, regardless of his ethnic and religious origin, will never think of carrying out such a violent, evil attack. Whatever its purpose is, this action cannot be justified and tolerated. Mehmet Nuri Yilmaz, ԓA Message on Ragaib Night and Terrorism, September 21, 2001, http://www.diyanet.gov.tr/duyurular/regaibing.htm - Sheikh Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari, dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at the University of Qatar says Fight against terrorism must begin with curricular, educational, and media reform in the Arab world, http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.or...asp?pane_2=content-extremism_educationvterror - Shaikh Youssef Al Qaradawi Rejects Killing of Innocents http://www.islamfortoday.com/qaradawi02.htm - Sheikh (Grand Sheikh) Mohammed Sayed Tantawi of Al Azhar Condemns All Suicide Attacks http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3059365.stm and condemns Bin Laden Grand Shaykh of Al-Azhar in Egypt Condemns bin Laden http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/lawmaker.html - Sheikh Talgat Tadjuddin, High Mufti of the Russian Muslims Calls for Extradition of Bin Laden http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/09/20/15781.html - SheikhTahirul Qadri, who heads the Pakistani Awami Tehrik Party condemns Bin Laden http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/17/195606.shtml - Sheikh Dr. Safir Akhtar, a research scholar at the Islamic University in Islamabad Condemns Bin Laden http://www.sullivan-county.com/identity/bin_laden.html - Shaykh Muhammed Sayyid al-Tantawi, imam of al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt says: ԓAttacking innocent people is not courageous, it is stupid and will be punished on the day of judgement. ... Its not courageous to attack innocent children, women and civilians. It is courageous to protect freedom, it is courageous to defend oneself and not to attack.Ҕ Agence France Presse, September 14, 2001 - Shaykh Abdel-Mo’tei Bayyoumi, al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy, Cairo, Egypt says: There is no terrorism or a threat to civilians in jihad [religious struggle].Ӕ Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 20 - 26 September 2001, http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/552/p4fall3.htm - Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Says Crush Terror Mercilessly, http://www.fatwa-online.com/news/0040201.htm - Sheikh Abdulaziz bin ёAbdallah Al-Ashaykh, chief mufti of Saudi Arabia said: Firstly: the recent developments in the United States including hijacking planes, terrorizing innocent people and shedding blood, constitute a form of injustice that cannot be tolerated by Islam, which views them as gross crimes and sinful acts. Secondly: any Muslim who is aware of the teachings of his religion and who adheres to the directives of the Holy Qur’an and the sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad) will never involve himself in such acts, because they will invoke the anger of God Almighty and lead to harm and corruption on earth.Ӕ Statement of September 15, 2001, http://saudiembassy.net/press_release/01-spa/09-15-Islam.htm - Shaikh Saleh Al-Luheidan, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Saudi Arabia: “As a human community we must be vigilant and careful to oppose these pernicious and shameless evils, which are not justified by any sane logic, nor by the religion of Islam.” Statement of September 14, 2001, in “Public Statements by Senior Saudi Officials Condemning Extremism and Promoting Moderation,” May 2004, http://www.saudiembassy.net/ReportLink/Report_Extremism_May04.pdf, page 6 and “And I repeat once again: that this act that the United states was afflicted with, with this vulgarity and barbarism, and which is even more barbaric than terrorist acts, I say that these acts are from the depths of depravity and the worst of evils.” Televised statement of September 2001, in Muhammad ibn Hussin Al-Qahtani, editor, The Position of Saudi Muslim Scholars Regarding Terrorism in the Name of Islam (Saudi Arabia, 2004), pages 27-28. - Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdallah al-Sabil, member of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars, Saudi Arabia: ѓAny attack on innocent people is unlawful and contrary to shari’a (Islamic law). ... Muslims must safeguard the lives, honor and property of Christians and Jews. Attacking them contradicts shari’a. Agence France Presse, December 4, 2001 - Sheikh -ul-Islam, Talghat Tajuddin, Supreme Mufti, Representative of the Central Spiritual Board of Muslims for Russia and the East-European countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States http://www.islamfortoday.com/tajuddin01.htm “Violent, extremist Islamists invoke on their own head the true jihad. Challenging all the peoples of the Earth, and first of all traditional Islam, professed by the overwhelming majority of the Islamic world, these forces put themselves in opposition to Islam. And reacting against them is a religious, moral, social and political duty of each Muslim.” - Sheikh Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam and the Question of Violence, , http://www.al-islam.org/al-serat/IslamAndViolence.htm - Shaykh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, spiritual guide of Shiԑi Muslim radicals in Lebanon, said he was horrifiedӔ by these barbaric ... crimesӔ: Beside the fact that they are forbidden by Islam, these acts do not serve those who carried them out but their victims, who will reap the sympathy of the whole world. ... Islamists who live according to the human values of Islam could not commit such crimes.Ӕ Agence France Presse, September 14, 2001 - My Fatwa on the Fanatics, Ziauddin Sarwar, http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4262753-108959,00.html - Shia Leader Syed Nasir Abbas Jafri Denounces London Attacks http://www.shianews.com/hi/europe/news_id/0000542.php Shame on Us All: Killing of Translator Kim Sun-il Is a Tragedy of the Highest Order, Farish A. Noor http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2004/06/shame_on_us_all.php Spanish Fatwa Against Al Qaeda http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jan_comments.php?id=664_0_31_0_C Speak Out Or Be Condemned For Your Silence, Irfan Yusuf http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1486_0_24_0_M Star Spangled Terrorism: Klan and Al Qaeda Bear a Striking Resemblance, Lamont Slater http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2004/06/star_spangled_t.php Statement by Muslim Scholars: What Is Jihad, What Is Terrorism? http://www.religioscope.com/info/doc/jihad/2002_scholars_definition.htm and Scholars Define Terrorism http://www.chretiens-et-juifs.org/article.php?voir[]=611&voir[]=5866 Stop Terror: Muslim Shaikhs and Academics Demand http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4ǧion=0&article=53683&d=30&m=10&y=2004 Tariq Ramadan Calls for a Moratorium on Capital Punishment http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=666_0_38_30_C Terrorism and Muslim Law: The case of Osama bin Laden’s Fatwa, Syed Mumtaz Ali http://muslim-canada.org/binladensfatwa.html Terrorism Has No Place in Islam, Zaki Badawi http://www.arabnews.com/?page=5ǧion=0&article=9314&d=28&m=9&y=2001 Terrorism is at Odds With Isamic Tradition, Khaled Abou El Fadl, http://www.muslim-lawyers.net/news/index.php3?aktion=show&number=78 Terrorism, Jihad, and the Struggle for New Understandings, Dr. Antony T. Sullivan http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=244_0_17_30_C Terrorists Are Mass Murderers, Not Martyrs http://www.crescentlife.com/heal the world/terrorists_are_mass_murderers_not_martyrs.htm The Absurdity of the Global War Against Terror, Farish A. Noor http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002june_comments.php?id=5_0_2_0_C The Analogical Bird of Abu Nur, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=210_0_17_30_C The Islamic Response, Rabia Harris http://www.mpfweb.org/200110_islamicresponse.html The Poverty of Fanaticism, Abdal-Hakim Murad http://www.islamfortoday.com/murad02.htm The Struggle Against Terrorism, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, PhD http://www.cactus48.com/struggle.html The War on Terrorism and Hegemonic Power, Chandra Muzaffar, http://www.just-international.org/article.cfm?newsid=20000244 The use and Abuse of Jihad in the Modern World, Abdulaziz Sachedina, http://www.people.virginia.edu/~aas/article/article8.htm The Idea of Jihad in Islam Before the Crusades, Angeliki Laiou & Roy Parvez Mottadeh, http://www.doaks.org/Crusades/CR02.pdf They Kill, We Condemn, Ahmed Nassef http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2005/07/they_kill_we_co.php#more Think Again: The Forgotten War, Husain Haggani, http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/2003-12-12-haqqani-cap.asp?from=pubdate To Muslim Extremists: Not in the Name of Islam, Hassan Zillur Rahim http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=530_0_37_0_C Turning Murderers Into Martyrs, Dr. Farish Noor, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003sept_comments.php?id=13_0_22_30_C Twin Towers Viewed From a Western Minaret, Michael Wolfe, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=113_0_14_30_C UK Muslims Urged to Fight Terror http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3585671.stm Unholy Politics, Seyla Benhabib http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/essays/benhabib.htm United Against Terrorism http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/06/30/dt3001.xml War on Terror http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003nov_comments.php?id=416_0_23_30_C We Are All Collateral Damage, Imam Zaid Shakir http://www.zaytuna.org/articleDetails.asp?articleID=76 We Must Love Others to Be Loved By God, Dr. Shahed Athar http://www.islamfortoday.com/athar14.htm What Does Islam Teach About Justice, Khalid Baig http://soundvision.com/info/peace/justice.asp What Does Islam Say About Terrorism? http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=80090 What Is the Contribution of Religions Towards Peace, Imam Feisal Abdur Rauf http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2005jan_comments.php?id=571_0_31_30_C When the Innocent Are Murdered, We All Go Into the Dark With Them, Ziauddin Sardar http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4258238,00.html Where Are the Muslim Voices, Azma Mazhar http://theamericanmuslim.org/2004oct_comments.php?id=537_0_37_30_C Where Was God on September 11th, Abdulaziz Sachedina http://www.virginia.edu/soasia/newsletter/Fall01/God.html Will London Attack Mark a Turning Point for Extremism?, Zahed Amanullah http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1488_0_24_0_M edit: for some reason the links from The American Muslim websites do not open from here. You can google the title and author of the article to access it. Ditto for any other links
As sick as terrorism is, its even sicker that people are miserable enough to believe they need to do it.