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Leaders from Muslim countries and organizations joined the worldwide condemnation of todays deadly attack on a magazine office in Paris, and said it shouldnt be associated with the Islamic faith.
The following is a roundup of some of the reactions.
* Al-Azhar, the thousand-year-old seat of religious learning in Cairo thats respected by Muslims around the world, referred to the attack as a criminal act, saying that Islam denounces any violence, according to Egypts state news agency MENA.
* The Organization of the Islamic Conference strongly condemned the attack. A spokesperson for the OICs Islamophobia Observatory in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia said that violence and radicalism are biggest enemies of Islam.
* The French Council of the Muslim Religion condemned the barbaric attack and said that first thoughts are with the victims and their families. It also called on all those committed to the values of the Republic and democracy to avoid provocations that only serve to throw oil on the fire, and on French Muslims to exercise the utmost vigilance against possible manipulations from extremist groups.
* Indonesia, the worlds most-populous Muslim nation, condemns the attack and sends condolences to the government and people of France, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* Egypt stands by France in confronting terrorism, an international phenomenon that targets the worlds security and stability and which requires coordinated international efforts to eradicate, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
read more reactions from several countries across the region:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-07/islamic-leaders-condemn-paris-attack-some-warn-against-backlash.html
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)* Saudi Arabia has followed with deep sorrow the killings in Paris and condemns this cowardly terrorist attack which is incompatible with Islam religion, according to the official SPA news agency. Qatars Foreign Ministry said that these actions that targets civilians contravene all values and principles, moral and humanitarian. Its counterpart in the United Arab Emirates said that that such appalling criminal acts require cooperation and solidarity at all levels to eradicate this menace.
* Malaysia condemns in the strongest terms all acts of violence. We stand in unity with the French people. We must fight extremism with moderation, Prime Minister Najib Razak said in Twitter posting.
* King Mohammed of Morocco strongly condemned the odious, cowardly terrorist attack in a message of condolences to French President Francois Hollande, according to state news agency MAP
read more reactions from several countries across the region:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-07/islamic-leaders-condemn-paris-attack-some-warn-against-backlash.html
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)Saudi Arabia's stance for the last 100 years has been to condone and encourage terrorism -- even finance it -- as long as it stays outside the kingdom.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)We obviously expect from our State representatives strong discourses calling for national unity and avoiding any unappropriate stigmatization of Muslim citizens in an already very tense context full of hate and prejudice (emphasis mine).
I find it odd his condemnation was of the attack on the magazine and not the assassinations. I also find it telling that he was incapable of denouncing the attack without a demand for "avoiding any unappropriate stigmatization of Muslim citizens".