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Kerry: 'The Real Face of Islam is a Peaceful Religion'
 [CNSNEWS] One day after the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) released a video showing the brutal beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff--the second American journalist ISIS has decapitated on video--Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... gave a speech saying that Islam is a "peaceful religion based on the dignity of all human beings," and that ISIS is not "the real face of Islam." "I want to take advantage of this podium and of this moment to underscore as powerfully as I know how, that the face of Islam is not the butchers who killed Steven Sotloff. That's ISIL," Kerry said at a ceremony honoring Shaarik Zafar, who was just appointed as the State Department's special representative to Moslem communities. "The face of Islam is not the nihilists who know only how to destroy, not to build," he said. "It's not masked cowards whose actions are an ugly insult to the peaceful religion that they violate every single day with their barbarity and whose fundamental principles they insult with their actions." "The real face of Islam is a peaceful religion based on the dignity of all human beings," Kerry said. "It's one where Moslem communities are leading the fight against poverty. It's one where Moslem communities are providing basic healthcare and emergency assistance on the front lines of some of our most devastating humanitarian crises. And it is one where Moslem communities are advocating for universal human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... and fundamental freedoms, including the most basic freedom to practice one's faith openly and freely. Posted by: Fred 2014-09-05 |
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