Where Are Islamic Leaders Against Terror? Open Your Eyes

Both Speak Out Against Radicals Who Attack Under the Banner of Islam

(It's not the Islamic religion - it's the nuts who read it their way they want)

Islamic Leaders Have and Continue to Speak Out 

Against ISIS/ISIL

Sadly there are far too many in our country who blast "Radical Islam." However, it is NOT radical Islam; it is those RADICALS who profess and claim Islam gives them ticket to their gross actions. 

Close to our own homes: Individuals and groups in America professing to be and hold Christian views on abortion have been cited as groups that have been responsible for threatening, assaulting and murdering doctors, and for bombing their abortion clinics across the United States and Canada – all in the name of “being a good Christian.”

Or how about being just a couple of good "white Supremacists."

Those two, the Millers, gunned down two Las Vegas police officers, 41-year-old Alyn Beck and 31-year-old Igor Soldo who were having lunch at a pizza buffet. That same couple also killed Joseph Wilcox at a nearby Wal-Mart and all in the name of their religion. 

So, there is a huge difference between the two statements and and view, however, many on the American right (mostly) cannot see that or they refuse to see that, or worse: refuse to believe what they see. 

Some of examples follow, which most have been falsely presented on FOX  and rightwing Talk Radio - the usual suspects in such smear campaigns with their crazy-ass assumptions asking like they always do: Where are the Islamic leaders – why are they silent? 

I and others content, they ARE NOT:

Al-Azhar: Islamic State is Corrupt and "A Danger To Islam" says the Lebanese paper The Daily Star.  They have reported that Al-Azhar's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam, Egypt's highest religious authority, denounced the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) as a threat to Islam and said that the group both violates Sharia law and humanitarian law. [The Daily Star, 8/13/1]

Arab League: "Strongly Denounced" The "Crimes Against Humanity" Carried Out By The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).  Nabil al-Arabi, the Arab League Chief, denounced acts committed by the Islamic State in Iraq as "crimes against humanity," demanding that they be brought to justice. [Al Arabiya News, 8/11/14]

Turkey's Top Cleric: Islamic State's Threats Are "Hugely Damaging, Truly Awful." Turkey's highest ranking cleric, Mehmet Gormez, decried the Islamic State's (ISIS/ISIL) declaration of a "caliphate" and argued that the statements were damaging to the Muslim community, according to a Reuters article.

CAIR: Repeatedly condemned the Islamic State as "Un-Islamic And Morally Repugnant." The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called the terrorist group "un-Islamic and morally repugnant," noted that the Islamic State's "human rights abuses on the ground are well-documented," and called on other Muslim community leaders to speak out against the violence. CAIR reiterated the condemnation of the Islamic State as "both un-Islamic and morally repugnant" on August 11, and on August 21, CAIR once again condemned the group, calling the killing of American journalist James Foley "gruesome and barbaric.”

The Muslim Council of Great Britain: "Violence Has No Place In Religion." The Muslim Council of Great Britain condemned the Islamic State's actions and expressed that they do not represent Sunni Muslims, according to The Independent. Shuja Shafi, a member of the council also said: "Violence has no place in religion, violence has no religion. It is prohibited for people to present themselves for destruction." [The Independent, 7/11/14]

The Islamic Society of North America: The Islamic State's Actions “Are To Be Denounced And Are In No Way Representative Of What Islam Actually Teaches.”  The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) released a statement denouncing the Islamic State "for its attacks on Iraq's religious minorities and the destruction of their places of worship." ISNA President Imam Mohamed Magid said, "ISIS actions against religious minorities in Iraq violate the Quranic teaching, 'Let there be no compulsion in religion' (Surat al-Baqara 2:256)," adding, "Their actions are to be denounced and are in no way representative of what Islam actually teaches." [The Islamic Society of North America, 8/9/14]

One-hundred Sunni and Shiite U.K. Imams: The Islamic State is an "Illegitimate, Vicious Group." 

Muslim Public Affairs Council: Condemned the Islamic State and Called for a "Stand Against Extremism."  The MPAC released a statement condemning "the barbaric execution of James Foley noting the importance of countering ISIS/other extremists." [8/20/14]