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Moderate Muslim view of Islamic Terrorism Fundamentalist
Islamic terror represents one of the most lethal threats to the stability
of the civilized world. The existence of Islamic terrorists is the
existence of threats to democracy. There is no room for terrorism in the
modern world and the Among Islamic
scholars, the concept of jihad ranges in definition from the personal
struggle against temptation to holy war. All calls for jihad to create an
Islamic state should be rejected by Muslims as heretic and a threat to
modern society. The concept of jihad should be reinterpreted for a modern
day context in which holy war is obsolete. No holy war needs to be waged;
there is no clear and present threat to Islam; the only war that needs to
be waged in the modern world is one against terrorists and extremists.
Moderate Muslims must wage a battle of the minds against extremists
to bring Islam into the 21st century and introduce a doctrine which is
compatible with democracy and modern living. So far, the few
Muslims who choose to speak up against militant extremist Islam have faced
threats of violence and accusations of being anti-Islam. In effect, the
message disseminated by radical Muslims is that merely discussing Islamic
terrorism is to be construed as an attack on Islam.
Moderate Muslims must not be deterred.
They are the only ones who can defeat extremist Muslim ideology and
the call for the creation of Islamic states. The ideological
battle against extremist Muslims will not be easy.
Since the mid 80s extremist Muslims have quelled criticism against
them from peaceful Muslims by adopting popular Muslim and Arab causes. A
case in point is the adoption of the Palestinian cause. The issue of The
Palestinian-Israeli conflict is so important to Arabs and Muslims that
every terrorist group from The clever
adoption of the Palestinian cause has made it difficult for peaceful
Muslims to attack terrorist organizations such as Islamic Jihad and HAMAS.
The real aim of organizations such as Al-Qaeda, HAMAS, Hezbollah and
countries such as Iran
is not just the “liberation of Moderate Muslims
must reject the urgent desire by extremist groups to create a strict
Islamic empire as a justification for terrorism. Moderate Muslims must
also reject the desire to help the Palestinians as a justification for
terrorism. Muslims must reject the use of terrorism under any
circumstances and challenge the terrorists’ propaganda machines head on.
Kamal Nawash, President Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism
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