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From His Pen To Allah's Ear

March 31, 2004

In a letter made public, a top official of The Muslim Council of Britian urges Muslim religious leaders to tamp down terrorism with "utmost vigilance."

The letter comes from Iqbal AKM Sacranie, Secretary General of the MCB. It was planned after the March 11 train bomb killings of 190 in Madrid by suspected Islamic extremists. It was re-drafted and made public, however, only after yesterday's arrests of eight, British-born Pakistanis linked to a half-ton of explosives material police believe was intended for terrorist attacks in England.

The BBC, in another story today, makes it pretty clear the eight suspects are believed to be Islamic extremists.

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said the raids followed the infiltration of alleged extremist Islamist groups.

The message from the Muslim Council to the Muslim faithful comes none to soon, according to some commenters at the BBC's site today (see story link above).

Some samples:

This is crunch time for the Muslim 'community' in the UK. Anything short of outright and voluble condemnation of terrorism constitutes ambivalence. It is time for the much-vaunted but rarely seen 'moderate majority' to demonstrate its investment in British society...Matt, Dubai, UAE
I am a Muslim and totally against violence from any quarter, be it Muslim, Jew or Christian. Terrorists must be punished as they are acting against God's law on peace, tolerance and understanding. Haluk Savas, London.

Working with Muslim youngsters, it is clear to me that there is a deep vein of 'radicalism' within their religion. They separate themselves from their peers and their behaviour borders on arrogance and ignorance. They must realise that they will be treated with distrust and scepticism until they actively integrate themselves into the mainstream British community. Chris, Birmingham.

Despite the MCB denouncing terrorism, Muslims have always given the impression of being equivocal about terrorism. This maybe a reflection of Islam's lack of hierarchy which is both a strength and a weakness.
Steve A, UK.

I am very disappointed, by the activities of these fringe elements to undermine the hard fought and gained cultural tolerance in this country. Not only is it every Muslim's duty to watch their community's activities but we all have to be vigilant and pull together. A bomb in a big city does not discriminate religion. Siltanu, London.

Credit must go to the MCB for this move. It is not easy for the law-abiding Muslim majority in this climate of Islamic terrorism. However this sort of action is just the sort of thing that will reassure the general public that the Muslim community is also doing all it can to combat terrorism. This in turn will help make the Muslim community as a whole feel less persecuted. Richard, London.

I am a Muslim and I consider myself to be a mix of the East and West culture. This can mean at times I feel ousted by both sides and fall right in the middle into no-man's land. Regardless of this predicament I will always say what I consider to be right and fair. I am pleased to hear the Muslim Council of Britain has taken the unprecedented step of making an authoritative voice across Britain. I believe strong, sensible and single leadership for Muslims is what is lacking. In this event it shows to the rest of the country we don't agree with terrorism. Khalid Hashmi, Luton, Bedfordshire.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at March 31, 2004 07:36 AM

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Comments:

The UK's �Muslim Council to the Muslim faithful� deploring of terrorism is a front in order to disguise the fact that their entire Muslim community is breeding and hiding ground for illegal and terrorist activity. The Muslim Council themselves in this article try to disguise this fact by calling the recent arrested members of their �law-abiding� community "fringe elements.� This is not decrying of terrorism, but a denial at best or an outright lie. As in the BBC article, the Muslim leaders within the community are in no way denouncing terrorists, rather they are blaming the �raids� on racism, a simplistic way of hiding the truth. �Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, claimed the Muslim community was being "demonised" as a result of such raids.
He said: "These raids are usually given a lot of importance when they are taking place, but when people are released without charge, it is not news.
"It is creating a deception in the minds of ordinary people that we have a bigger problem than we really have," he added.�

Talk about deception. The only way any Muslim community will stop breeding and hiding terrorists will be once the religion itself goes through a reformation, meaning the koran (a book of war) will have to be cleansed of its promotion o hatred will have to be cleansed as well.

Posted by: Naarski at March 31, 2004 09:42 AM

I suspect that much of the problems we see today are a result of an angry and arrogant culture attempting to overthrow European and western culture. In any case, if muslims wish to live in peace in our societies they must undergo a reformation. If not they will face the (hard) consequences.

Posted by: keith at May 22, 2004 04:59 AM

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