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Re: #NotInMyName: Muslims condemn attacks in Paris 

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (1)
Tue, 17 Nov 15 6:35 AM | 111 view(s)
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"I don't see ISIS as Muslim. I see terrorists when I look at ISIS," Philistine Ayad, a Muslim feminist, told CNN. "To me, terror knows no religion. They are picking and choosing aspects of the religion and twisting and distorting them in order to justify their actions that are unjustifiable."

Yes. That one always makes me laugh. It's just a coincidence that it is Moslems doing the terrorism wherever you look! ;-)

It's not Islamophobia if Islam is the source of the problem. It's just called observation.

What we want is a reformation in Islam. Currently, it is toxic. A good way to escape from people being hostile is to find a peaceful religion. If you stick with the nasty one, the one that is emitting murder all over the place, don't be surprised if people think poorly of your choice.

Quran (8:55) - Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve

Quran (48:29) - Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves

Quran (9:30) - And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah... Allah (Himself) fights against them. How perverse are they!

Quran (8:12) - I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them

Quran (9:123) - O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness

Quran (5:33) - The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement.

Maybe this is just a poor translation of "stroke your bunny because it is soft and warm." But I don't think so.

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#NotInMyName: Muslims condemn attacks in Paris
By: clo in ALEA
Tue, 17 Nov 15 6:18 AM 		Msg. 17612 of 54959

#NotInMyName: Muslims condemn attacks in Paris
By Savannah Pratt, CNN
Updated 7:41 PM ET, Mon November 16, 2015 |

(CNN)As the terrorist attacks erupted in Paris, people throughout the world mourned with France, and appalled Muslims turned to social media using the hashtag #NotInMyName.

Shehnaz Khan, a journalist in London, tweeted, "Whoever kills an innocent person, it is as though he has killed all of mankind." She was one of many people to share this verse from the Quran.

"I don't see ISIS as Muslim. I see terrorists when I look at ISIS," Philistine Ayad, a Muslim feminist, told CNN. "To me, terror knows no religion. They are picking and choosing aspects of the religion and twisting and distorting them in order to justify their actions that are unjustifiable." 

Ayad, who has lived in the United States since 2001, says she feels very Westernized. However, she says it hurts when she wears her hijab, the scarf worn around her head, in public and hears muttering about her religion from onlookers.

She hopes the #NotInMyName campaign will help remove Islamophobia from Western culture.

"I want there to be an understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims and a sense of communal sympathy for the victims of terrorists, but not descending into Islamophobia. If the #NotInMyName campaign can help expel some of that Islamophobia and expel some of my fear ... then that would be wonderful," she said. 

Ayad is also expressing her views through art. A drawing she posted to Twitter in the aftermath of the attacks portrays Ayad carrying all the weights that she believes terrorists have created. She feels that fingers are pointing at her just because she is Muslim.

more:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/16/world/not-in-my-name-muslims-speak-out/index.html

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