Council on American-Islamic Relations Quotes
We condemn in the strongest terms possible what are apparently vicious and cowardly acts of terrorism against innocent civilians. We join with all Americans in calling for the swift apprehension and punishment of the perpetrators. No cause could ever be assisted by such immoral acts.
Most American Muslims condemned the September 11 terrorism in the strongest terms. There were other Muslim leaders throughout the world who also condemned it, but outside of America, they were in the minority.
Council on American-Islamic Relations, Statement Immediately After the September 11 Attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center
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This statement would later evolve into what would be called the Bush Doctrine.
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The Russians had contended with Islamic terrorist attacks on Russian territory for years before 9-11. To a great extent when they sent troops into the Muslim neighborhoods where the terrorists had come from, they were frequently criticized by some Americans and others for responses that were too harsh and/or disproportionate. However, many Americans became more empathetic to the Russian plight and when we invaded and occupied Afghanistan and Iraq, the Russian responses looked mild in comparison.
The Prime Minister was stating a widely held, but erroneous view of the West, history and geopolitics. The Crusades were traumatic for Muslims as the Europeans were not only military threats to the Muslim holy places, but the Christians were particularly brutal even to Richard the Lionhearted butchering unarmed prisoners of war who had surrendered. This aggression by some countries in Europe under the Christian “banner” is associated, to this day with Christianity and any primarily Christian nation is therefore just poised to attack and expel Islam from the Middle East. Mahathir therefore saw the American attack on Afghanistan and later Iraq as just an extension of the Crusader zeal whose object is to destroy Islam. Malaysia has a large population of Muslims—much larger than any of the Middle Eastern Islamic states. Yet, religiously oriented Islamic political leaders make common cause with other Muslim nations which have almost no other interest in common other than their religion.
This statement was dramatically notable because he is one of the few Muslim clerics to come out unequivocally against the 9-11 attack.
This is one of the quotations from the Koran which many Islamic terrorists point to in order to morally justify terrorism. For an example, see {586965}.
Campbell carried out the order although many MacDonalds escaped in the highlands. The particular massacre has always taken on an even greater infamy because the Campbell murderers had been given food and hospitality by the MacDonalds. This began the most bitter of the Scottish clan feuds that persists into modern times.
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Most were tracked down and assassinated by Israeli agents. The mastermind, Abu Daud was seriously wounded but was not attacked again when the Israeli’s and Palestinians began their peace negotiations.
Muslim clerics throughout the world had been relatively mild in their criticism of Islamic Extremists and Terrorists. Delic was one of those who urged stronger moral statements. Many of the Muslim clerics in the world actually were themselves holders of Wahhabi and other extremist views. However, many also opposed terrorism and felt that there was nothing in Islam that could justify the indiscriminate killing. However, a number of these were intimidated lest an extremist Muslim cleric issue a Fatwa calling for his death for heresy. Most of us did not then, and even today, do no really understand the extent and frequency of these threats in the Muslim world (and even in the West) and the very frequent assassination or serious wounding of those Muslims who publicly criticize the extremist terrorists. Delic had much more courage than most.
Darwish’s father, a Colonel in the Egyptian Army, was assigned by Nasser to Direct the Intelligence Operations for the Palestinian Terrorists in Gaza. After many Israelis were killed, the Israeli Defense forces targeted the Colonel and killed him. Nasser’s concept of revenge was to kill any Jews, anywhere, not the Jewish soldiers who had retaliated against his soldiers.
Most sophisticated Muslim theologians would not agree at all with the “permission” he quotes from the Koran. However, there is no hierarchy of belief in Islam and there are tens of thousands of Muslim imams and millions of individual Muslims who believe and teach just what this particular terrorist stated.
The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. It is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with regional offices nationwide. Through civil rights actions, media relations, civic engagement, and education, CAIR promotes social, legal and political activism among Muslims in America.
