I am so glad he cleard that up. I was beginning to wonder whether I was a Islamophobe for thinking Islam had anything to do with terrorism. Thanks, Nazarbayev!
Seriously, if Nazarbayev can show, through the texts and tenets of Islam that what he says is correct, then we have no problem and we can all go back to our usual American ways with no worries. To just claim that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, and to create an "ad campaign" to convince everyone that this is true smacks of taqiyya, kitman and the Muhammad hadith which says 'war is deceit". How this statement can be made with a straight face is chilling in that the coldness behind the calm is sharia in action.
This is a perfect example of the "moderate" Muslim, the unicorn everyone wants to hitch their wagon up to. He says the words we want to hear, and we place our bet on this soothing rhetoric.
The house always wins, and in this, the house is Islam.
From ABNA June 28
Muslim world must tell West Islam has nothing to do with terrorism: Kazakh President
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Muslim world must establish direct dialogue with the West and make it clear that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, said Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"The problems in the relationship between the Muslim community and the rest of the world, first of all the West, rank among the most serious ones. The Muslim world has been associated in the West in the past few years mostly with its radical segment, inciting unfounded fear," Nazarbayev said at a session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Foreign Ministers Council.
"The true meaning of Islam has nothing to do with the activities of the extremist structures, to say nothing of terrorist organizations. We must state unambiguously that Islam has nothing in common with political violence, extremism and terrorism," he said.
You can say it until you are blue in the face, it will change nothing in how Islam is defined by it's recognized leaders and practiced by over 100million Muslims. Your personal practice of Islam has nothing to do with how it is practiced by those who take the Qur'an literally.
Nazarbayev urged the OIC member-countries to form a special website that would highlight the organization's activities, encourage the younger generation to turn to religion and Islamic culture, and popularize Islamic spiritual values.
"We need to establish an open and honest dialogue between the Muslim world and the West," he said.
Absoutely right. Everyone should read the Qur'an and understand fully how Islam is defined, what the rituals and practices are and why Muslims do what they do. If we all did that and then used that information to confront and defeat Islam, there would be a lot less agitation by Islamists and jihadists in the West.
Seriously, if Nazarbayev can show, through the texts and tenets of Islam that what he says is correct, then we have no problem and we can all go back to our usual American ways with no worries. To just claim that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, and to create an "ad campaign" to convince everyone that this is true smacks of taqiyya, kitman and the Muhammad hadith which says 'war is deceit". How this statement can be made with a straight face is chilling in that the coldness behind the calm is sharia in action.
This is a perfect example of the "moderate" Muslim, the unicorn everyone wants to hitch their wagon up to. He says the words we want to hear, and we place our bet on this soothing rhetoric.
The house always wins, and in this, the house is Islam.
From ABNA June 28
Muslim world must tell West Islam has nothing to do with terrorism: Kazakh President
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Muslim world must establish direct dialogue with the West and make it clear that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, said Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"The problems in the relationship between the Muslim community and the rest of the world, first of all the West, rank among the most serious ones. The Muslim world has been associated in the West in the past few years mostly with its radical segment, inciting unfounded fear," Nazarbayev said at a session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Foreign Ministers Council.
"The true meaning of Islam has nothing to do with the activities of the extremist structures, to say nothing of terrorist organizations. We must state unambiguously that Islam has nothing in common with political violence, extremism and terrorism," he said.
You can say it until you are blue in the face, it will change nothing in how Islam is defined by it's recognized leaders and practiced by over 100million Muslims. Your personal practice of Islam has nothing to do with how it is practiced by those who take the Qur'an literally.
Nazarbayev urged the OIC member-countries to form a special website that would highlight the organization's activities, encourage the younger generation to turn to religion and Islamic culture, and popularize Islamic spiritual values.
"We need to establish an open and honest dialogue between the Muslim world and the West," he said.
Absoutely right. Everyone should read the Qur'an and understand fully how Islam is defined, what the rituals and practices are and why Muslims do what they do. If we all did that and then used that information to confront and defeat Islam, there would be a lot less agitation by Islamists and jihadists in the West.
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