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Terror Supporting Islamists Issue "A Joint Muslim Statement On The Carnage In Orlando" - 'Nothing At All To Do With Islam'
June 16, 2016
MIM:A Quranic verse on the website of the Islamic Center of Muslim Friends aka The Islamic Center of Fort Pierce which jihadi killer Omar Siddiqui Mateen attended for 13 and a half years:
AAL-E-IMRAN (THE FAMILY OF 'IMRAN, THE HOUSE OF 'IMRAN)
"We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they set up with Allah that for which He has sent down no authority, and their abode is the fire, and evil is the abode of the unjust."
On behalf of the American Muslim community, we, the undersigned, want to extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the barbaric assault that occurred early yesterday morning at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We unequivocally say that such an act of hate-fueled violence has no place in any faith, including Islam. As people of faith, we believe that all human beings have the right to safety and security and that each and every human life is inviolable.
We know that, given the tenor of the times, some will associate this tragedy with the religion of the perpetrator. While we may never learn conclusively what motivated this misguided individual, many news sources claim that he was motivated by his faith, which would be a reprehensible distortion of Islam adding the religion to the long list of innocent victims in this callous crime. Any such acts of violence violate every one of our Prophet's teachings. For Muslims, that this carnage occurred in the blessed month of Ramadan—a month of charity, introspection, and self-purification—only adds to the foulness of this enormity.
Since September 11, 2001, many Muslims have been victims of collective guilt; yet, numerous Americans of good conscience have stood by their fellow citizens, despite differences in faith or lifestyle, including many members of the targeted community. Difference is no justification for violence. While most American Muslims adhere to a strict Abrahamic morality, the Quran is clear that its injunctions apply only to Muslims who choose to follow them: "There is absolutely no compulsion in religion." In America, individuals are at liberty to pursue happiness as each sees fit; it is our cherished political right. Those of us who live in this country, irrespective of our beliefs, must respect the equality of all Americans under the laws of the land.
We feel compelled to state that it is an egregious offense against the culture and laws of America—as well as Islam's—to place collective guilt on an entire community for the sins of individuals. "No soul bears the sins of another," says the Quran.
Three days ago, Americans honored the memory of one of the greatest and most beloved men in American history: Muhammad Ali, who was a devout Muslim. The Islam Muhammad Ali followed is one of love, tolerance, and respect for all. American Muslims everywhere felt that he ended, once and for all, the vacuous claim that one cannot be both Muslim and American.
We, as American Muslims, follow the openhearted and inclusive Islam of Muhammad Ali and completely reject the hatred, provincialism, and intolerance of those who trample upon the rights of others, besmirching and defiling the name of Islam. The criminal who took the lives of dozens of patrons of the Orlando nightclub and injured many others was an aggressor, plain and simple. The Quran says, "Do not be brutal or commit aggression, for surely God does not love brutal aggressors."
There are extremists in America and abroad who view the world through a Manichean lens: American Manicheans want Americans to see themselves as entirely "good" and all Muslims as entirely "evil." Muslim Manicheans want Muslims to see themselves as entirely "good" and all Americans as entirely "evil." This is a catastrophic recipe for unrelenting violence, and it must be rejected: We will not allow the extremists to define us, mold us in their benighted image, or sow the seeds of discord among us. We are one people, so let us all in good conscience and human solidarity reject this extremist narrative and assert our shared humanity and mutual respect for the sanctity of all human life.
Signed,
Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah - President, Forum for Promoting Peace Hamza Yusuf - President, Zaytuna College Sherman A. Jackson - King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, USC Siraj Wahhaj - President, Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) Umar F. Abd-Allah - Resident Scholar, Chicago, IL Mustafa Ceric - Grand Mufti Emeritus Zaid Shakir - Co-Founder, Zaytuna College Yasir Qadhi - Dean, AlMaghrib Institute | Assistant Professor, Rhodes College Yusuf Islam - Philanthropist / Singer & Composer Mohamed Magid - Executive Religious Director, All Dulles Area Muslim Society(ADAMS) Abdullah bin Hamid Ali - Senior Faculty , Zaytuna College Abdullah Hakim Quick - Resident Scholar, Islamic Institute of Toronto Aisha al-Adawiya - Founder, Women in Islam Inc. Muhammad Al-Ninowy - Founder & President, Al Madinah Institute Tamara Gray - Founder, Rabata Inc. Mohamed Elsanousi - Director of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers Naeem Baig - President, ICNA Waleed Basyouni - VP, AlMaghrib Institute Yaser Birjas - Imam, Valley Ranch Islamic Center Omar Suleiman - Resident Scholar, Valley Ranch Islamic Center Oussama Jamal - Secretary General, US Council of Muslim Organizations Dalia Mogahed - Co-Author, "Who Speaks for Islam? what a Billion Muslims really think" Azhar Azeez - President, ISNA Afifi al-Akiti - KFAS Fellow in Islamic Studies, Oxford University Altaf Hussain - Vice President (US), ISNA / Associate Professor, Howard University Mazen Mokhtar - Executive Director, The Muslim American Society (MAS) Maha Elgenaidi - Executive Director, ING Khalid Latif - Executive Director, The Islamic Center at New York University Yasir Fahmy - Senior Imam, Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center Imam Zia - Executive Director, MakeSpace Nihad Awad - National Executive Director , The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Noman Hussain - Imam & Resident Scholar, Islamic Society of Milwaukee Afroz Ali - Founder & Director, Al-Ghazali Centre, Australia Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Emerge USA Abdul Nasir Jangda - President, Qalam Institute Linda Sarsour - Co-founder/Director , MPower Change Yassir Fazaga - Religious Director, Orange County Islamic Foundation Faisal Hamid Abdur-Razak - President, Islamic Forum of Canada Tahir Anwar - Faculty, Zaytuna College Aisha Subhani - Board Member, Zaytuna College Fouzan Khan - Director, Reviving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) Munir El Kassem - President & Founder, Islamic Institute for Interfaith Dialogue Hamid Slimi - Chairman & Imam, Canadian Centre For Deen Studies / Sayeda Khadija Centre Shahed Amanullah - Co-Founder, Affinis Lab Muslema Purmul - Chaplain, Institute of Knowledge (IOK), California Hazem Bata - Secretary General, ISNA Dilshad D. 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Ashraf Shaikh - Chairman BOT ISLAMIC CENTER OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA Nihat Yesil - President/Imam, The Blue Mosque [Houston] Fozia Saleem-Rasheed - Neonatologists, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan Fouad Khatib - President, Muslim Community Association, Santa Clara, CA M. J. Khan - President, Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) Joohi Taher - Executive Director, MUHSEN Sumaiya Ahmed - Co-Founder, Greater Detroit Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Council Bilal Elsakka - Director of Tarbiya and Religious Services, MAS Community and Youth Center - Elk Grove Tahir U. Abdullah - Assistant Director of Spiritual Life & Advisor for Muslim Affairs, The University of Chicago Danielle LoDuca - Writer and founder, YourAmericanMuslimNeighbor.com Tabish Hasan - Founder, Muslim Ad Network Muhammad Musri - President, Islamic Society of Central Florida Jacob Bender - Executive Director , CAIR – Philadelphia Chapter Sarwat Husain - President, CAIR-TX Bilal Ankaya - Imam/Director of Interfaith Dialogue, The Institute of Islamic and Turkish Studies and Ezher (bloom) Mosque Aamer Ahmed - President, MA'RUF Mustafaa Carroll - Executive Director, CAIR-TX, Houston Chapter Hamid Khan - Deputy Director, The Rule of Law Collaborative and Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina Michael Wolfe - President, Unity Productions Foundation Alex Kronemer - CEO, Unity Productions Foundation Faisal Qazi - Vice President, The Whitestone Foundation Mustapha Elturk - Ameer, Islamic Organization of North America IONA Dalia F Fahmy - Assistant Professor of Political Science , LIU Manzoor Ghori - Majlis Member, ISNA Shamira Chothia Ahmed - Co-Founder, The Rahmah Foundation Jawaad A. Rahman - UPF, Director of Development Khurrum Wahid - National Chairperson, Emerge USA Ubaydullah Evans - Executive Director, American Learning Institute for Muslims Patricia Anton - Executive Director, Alanur Mohammad Iqbal Al-Nadvi - President | Executive Director , Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Canada | Al-Nadwa Institute Danielle LoDuca - Director, TheHatebusters.org Masuma Virji - Co-Founder, United Muslim Foundation Ahmed Niazy - Co-Founder, Message For Mankind Jamal Hassouneh - Board of Directors, Aisha Cultural Center Tariq Rasheed - Imam, Islamic Center of Orlando Roohe Ahmed - Board Member , The Rahmah Foundation KHIZR MOHAMED - Director, Al-Haya - Muslim Youths AbdulRehman Chaudary - President, Muslim Center of Somerset County Hajira Shujaat - Outreach Chair , Muslim Women's Organization Hasan Khan - Executive Director, Straight Path Capital Inc Abdul Rahman Waheed - Co-Founder, Principal , Michigan Islamic Institute Naiyerah Kolkailah - President, Islamic Society of SLO County Umer Ahmad - Board Member, SouthWest InterFaith Team (SWIFT) Illinois Roofi Ahmed - Board Member, Noor Islamic Cultural Center Shabbir Motorwala - Co Founder, Coalition of South Florida Muslim Organizations Shamshad Ahmad - President, Masjid As-Salam, Albany, NY Mahmoud shalash - Imam, ISLAMIC center of Lexington Khalid J. Qazi - Founding President, Muslim Public Affairs Council of WNY Faisal Ahmad - Director, The Fiqh Institute Michele Ouansafi - Principal, Nooran Islamic School Pembe Yasarlar - Director of Education , Crescent Academy International Mohammed Mohiuddin - Chairman, Board of Trustees, Islamic Society of Frederick Aasim Rashid - Founder, Principal, Al-Ihsan Educational Foundation Aida Aminzai - Co-founder , Blessed Tree Foundation Yama Niazi - Imam, Islamic Society of Santa Barbara Abrar Malik - Imam/Mufti, Masjid AlFalah Qurat Mir - Board, Founding Member , Rabata Leila Duric - Women's Affairs Coordinator, Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center Kashif Abdul-Karim - Imam, Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford Suzan El-Rayess - Director of Development, Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center Mohammad Jafari - Mufti, Resident Scholar and Lecturer Masuma Virji - Co-Founder, United Muslim Foundation Muhammad Sattaur - Executive Director, Imam Ghazali Institute Shakiel Humayun - President, NYC Muslim Center Yahya Momla - Imam, BCMA, Masjid Al-Salaam and Education Centre Shabina Ahmed - M.D., Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Sahar Shaikh - President, Muslim Women's Organization of FL Mohamed AbuTaleb - Imam, Islamic Association of Raleigh Tufail Ahmed - Scholar, Al-Bilal Academy | Senior Teacher, Hollings Youth Association Co Founder Salmaan Parkar - Sheikh, Australian Islamic College Maliha Sheikh - Learning Coach/Programs Coordinator, Sanad Trust Foundation Salman Malik - President, Association of Pakistani Physicians of New England Azhar Dalal - Board Member, Islamic Center of Greater Miami Oliver Muhammad - Senior Imam, As Salaam Islamic Center of Raleigh Hamad Ali Rashid - Imam , California Islamic Center Hafez El Assali - Board Member, Islamic Center of N.E. Florida Hajira Shujaat - Outreach Chair , Muslim Women's Organization Adam Soltani - Executive Director, CAIR - Oklahoma Chapter Omar Mohammedi - President, Association of Muslim American Lawyer | Professor, Fordham Law School Vilma Lopez- VP, Latino Muslims of Chicago Zahir Bacchus - Principal, Lote Tree Foundation Mohamed M. Elgamal - Chairman, Islamic Association of Raleigh (IAR) Saad Tasleem - Instructor, AlMaghrib Institute