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| Martin praises Muslim stand against extremism |
| 2005-08-01 |
| These meetings are all the rage recently: Prime Minister Paul Martin has praised Canada's Muslim leaders for taking a strong stand against violence and extremism. Martin met with 19 imams at a downtown Toronto hotel on Thursday night. The Prime Minister said they discussed the strong condemnation of global violence, which the imams had made in a statement issued a week ago. In that statement, the imams said they were "united" in their efforts to confront religious extremism. On Thursday, the Prime Minister said it would have been a mistake not to recognize the importance of what they did. Except that they didn't say much... "It is very important that the government respond, to show the importance of that statement and that we recognize the truth of their statement so we can build on that statement," Martin said. Martin also said he hopes the meeting will lead to more dialogue in the Muslim community about global violence and extremism. "We want to work on this together," he said. On July 21, a day after four failed bombings on the London transit system, 120 imams and other Muslim leaders from across the country gathered in Toronto and released a statement. "Terrorism has been increasing and it is our religious duty to confront this evil," Ahmad Kutty, a Toronto imam, said. "We must do so unitedly, as imams and religious leaders," he said. So when's the next anti-American protest, imam? |
| Posted by:Rafael |
| #4 Paul, you mean Canadian Muslims like this. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-08-01 19:51 |
| #3 Yeah! It wudda been better if they hadn't said anything at all, right? Simpler moral judgements, thataway. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-01 12:23 |
| #2 Prime Minister Paul Martin has praised Canada's Muslim leaders for taking a strong stand against violence and extremism. A hundred year of selective immigrantion in action. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-08-01 10:39 |
| #1 come ON! What the hell else does anyone EXPECT these a-holes to say? Of course they'll express their concern, their sadness at the loss of innocents, their condemnation in the strongest terms. blah blah blah. It's societal pressure. nothing more. no real deep outrage. if it were, they would have hit the streets long ago. "Terrorism has been increasing and it is our religious duty to confront this evil," Ahmad Kutty, a Toronto imam, said. BFD. Such a POWERFUL statement, it's gonna make all terrorists think twice. yeah, right. And when you pin them down, they qualify their statements: Sure it's terrible when innocents are killed, but you have to understand their reasons. And Israeli civilians are not innocent. And this is not islam. And America is perpetrating terror in Iraq. And many of these attacks are perpetrated by zionists who want muslims to be blamed. and on and on and on and I'm sick of them. if they truly are outraged, then they should preach outrage to their people. say "we're not going to sit idly by" and hit the streets in visible demonstrations. Use the "not in our name" slogan. but they don't. because they are secretly proud of how islam has become a world issue. But they'll never admit that. in public. instead, they sign proclamations. and praise allan. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-08-01 09:34 |