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Old 09-16-2012, 08:36 AM   #253
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Originally Posted by Itse View Post
How about you try using something called "an internet search engine"?

Sheesh. Fine. Let me Google that for you.

Islamic statements against terrorism

There is a very significant fatwa against terrorism issued by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, one of the most reknowned and highly acclaimed muslim scholars, if not the most acclaimed.

Here's a picture of his crowd in Hyberabad (India, the man himself is btw a Pakistani.)

There were a reported 100 million people listening to him speak, and approximetely 2 million people tried to gather (with various levels of success) to hear him out.

Here's a picture...

And another from Bangalore...


Not sure where this is...


What message did these people come to listen to? Certainly not anything the terrorists like, because this guy has received numerous threats from Taleban and other terrorist organizations for his words. Stuff like:

Yes, these are the kinds of words that draw millions of muslims to them.

Basicly, if you bothered to google it yourself for five minutes, you would have pretty easily found out that there are hundreds if not thousands of statements against terrorism and terrorists by every possible sort of muslim to be found in the internet. There are propably millions of people in various peaceful muslim organizations which actively spread the word that terrorism does not belong in islam.

But because it doesn't fit with the US world view of islam it's not reported, and because people are too damned lazy to check things out for themselves, Americans and many other westerners continue to believe in the type of BS you do.
That was a pretty impressive link and I don't completely discount it but, I did notice that most of the statements were made shortly after 9/11 when the Islamic community was feeling a lot of heat.

The example you show was a guy speaking in India and I doubt he would be allowed to speak there if his message was any different. In fact because of their cold war with Pakistan I'm impressed they have the freedom to assemble. That speaks well for India.

Having said all that; you did make your point. There is evidence that moderate Islam has a voice and does use it.
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