Why on earth would anyone seek to link Islam with terrorism? :)

Fancy that.

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West Virtually Equalizes Islam with Terrorism

10/4/2005

---Prominent Muslim Clerics and diplomats of Arab countries have
charged the West with seeking to link Islam with terrorism, stating
only a ''handful of heretic and fundamentalist groups'' are spreading
terror in the world in the name of Jihad (Holy War).

''Extremism is a worldwide phenomenon. It is not confined to any
particular region or religion. Any attempt to link it with Islam would
create civilization conflict,'' they said at a seminar on ''Quran for
Peace and Progress'', in NewDelhi last evening.

The seminar, which was organized by monthly 'Secular Qayadat' and was
attended by Sunni and Shia scholars-Maulana Obeidullah Khan Azami and
Kalbe Rushaid and diplomats of Palestine, Morocco, Saudi Arabia,
Uzbekistan, Kazkhastan, Algeria and the Arab League.

Pandit N K Sharma, who served as political advisor to Narsimha Rao
during his tenure as Prime Minister also spoke on this occasion.

In his address, Maulana Azami said Islam was a religion of peace and
it taught tolerance, good inter-religious ties, absolute freedom of
expression and respect for sentiments of others.

Islam and terrorism were poles apart, he said and added Jihad was
waged to fight against injustice and not to kill innocents.

He also criticized the West for suppressing the voice of many Islamic
nations. Palestinians have been denied their inalienable rights, while
wrong policies of West caused instability in Iraq and Afghanistan.



Source: Iranian Quran News Agency
http://iqna.ir/NewsBodyDesc_en.asp?lang=en&ProdID=30221


Cheers, Steve..

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