Why are Muslims not speaking out against terrorism?

[kinkladz-ade]

“Why are Muslims not speaking out against terrorism?”
The question asked on here all the time. The simple answer is that Muslims are constantly speaking out and fighting against Islamic extremists like ISIS and Al Qaeda in every way possible. However, the message of peace clearly doesn’t sell news as much as fear and hate.
So here are some things hardly reported in the mainstream news, if at all (along with some of my own experiences as a Muslim):
This week the Muslim Council of Great Britain took out a full page ad in the Telegraph to condemn the attacks :

This was on behalf of hundreds of Muslim communities across the country.
How about the thousands of British Muslims in the anti-ISIS march in London:
http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/...nti-isis-protest-march-in-london/9163.article
How about the “Not In My Name” campaign started by British Muslims on Social Media (I appreciate this one was a while ago, but I think it is important to fight ISIS on all fronts):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAxIOC8Zisc
How about the Muslim leaders across the country who condemned the attacks and all the Muslims who attended the vigil for the Paris victims at Trafalgar Square:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/paris-attacks-vigils-to-take-place-in-trafalgar-square-to-honour-victims-as-london-shows-solidarity-a3114481.html
Or this vigil organised by Muslim women in Boston:
http://www.wbur.org/2015/11/19/paris-attacks-muslim-community-vigil
Or the vigil organised by the Muslim community in Bristol:
http://www.itv.com/news/west/update/2015-11-17/bristols-muslim-community-organise-vigil-for-victims-of-paris-attacks/
I can in fact give you a hundred examples of these showings of respect, mourning and solidarity.
Actually, the best example of Muslims taking a stand against Islamic extremists I have seen has been in my own local community. You might remember me having written about my thoughts on extremism in the “That Muslim Guy” thread. Here I spoke about Kabir Ali, a guy from my home city who went off to Syria to join ISIS, and eventually blew himself up in Iraq.
http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/that-muslim-guy.305645/
Anyway, after he died his family wanted to have his funeral at the local Mosque. There was some debate in the Muslim community, as on the one side he committed a horrific crime and didn’t deserve a Muslim funeral, or indeed any kind of funeral. But on the other hand his family didn’t share his extremist views and some argued that his mother should at least be allowed to bury her son. In the end both of the big Mosques in Derby refused to give him a funeral. In the mosque I went to, the Imam spoke about how Kabir Ali’s actions were completely against the teachings of Islam, and committing such a horrendous act in the name of religion cannot be forgiven. He should not have a funeral as a Muslim.
Was it a small thing in the grand scheme of everything? Yes maybe. But this act was not a shout out to the world (look at us! we are condemning this etc etc) but a simple message spread throughout the local Muslim community that we cannot tolerate extremism in any way.
I have seen a lot of hate towards Islam and Muslims on here and it has truly saddened me. I consider myself a proud Brit even though I was not born here. I love this country and feel this is the time we need to stand united no matter what our race, colour, religion against these extremists who’s aim is actually to divide us.
Have a read of this article by a Frenchman who was held hostage by ISIS for 9 months:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/16/isis-bombs-hostage-syria-islamic-state-paris-attacks?CMP=fb_gu
I will quote his words “I know Islamic State, bombings they expect, what they fear is unity”
Finally, if you want to really see what Muslims are like, why don’t you look at the people in front of you. The people you work with, the Muslims you interact with every day. They are not frothing at the mouth lunatics who want to chop off your heads, but simply people just like yourself wanting to make a living, take care of their kids, and live their life in peace.
In the words of the great Nimoy Live Long and Prosper.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Great post. Sick of the 'why are they not speaking' post after every attack. Sure there was some on here posting that during the attack.

 

[bluemoonmatt]

Over to you Coleridge, seems im not alone in my view

 

[Paulpowersleftfoot]

Excellent post
I have many Muslim friends and it's very frustrating the shit they go through on a daily basis because of the actions of others and the ignorance of many

 

[bornblueegg]

Great post fella

 

[bluetev]

Oh Lord another one of the "how wonderful they are really, it's just a small minority, it's you who are "waycist" rubbish.

Talk is cheap

How many muslim terrorists and hate preachers have been turned in by their community, undercover journalists discovered vicious homophobic and religious hate discourses in mosques, did even a single Muslim complain to the police?

When schools were being subverted and run according to medieval rules, with gender segregation and non-Muslims being discriminated against, there were hardly any Muslim parents willing to stand up against it or even report it.

If any of us see even our closest friends or brothers planning to rape a minor we will be off to the police. Yet, thousands of young girls raped, by numerous "south Asian" youth, across multiple towns and over many years. Did even a single person from their community go to the police? And yet, when customers tried to request taxi drivers from other communities they were very quick to come out to the streets to protest.

For all the numerous muslims who have volunteered to fight for isis how many have flown out to fight AGAINST them?

There is a Hindu /Sikh community as big as the Islamic one in the UK. Similar background, ethnicity, social norms. Any explanation why such a big gap in behaviour?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Over to you Coleridge, seems im not alone in my view

Have you actually read the thread instead of the title?

 

[bluetev]

And Incidentally. I meet any number of muslims every day - the lady at the toy shop, the young lad working part time at the Concierge, the cleaner at my office.

I am and always will be on friendly terms with them, no matter how many bomb blasts. People (at least those who are not US republicans) are not idiots.

What is objectionable though is to pretend there isn't any problem, or that Islam and its core concepts have huge issues regarding violence against other religions or to ignore that a significant part of the muslim population has attitudes that do not fit with modern society.

 

[bluemoonmatt]

Have you actually read the thread instead of the title?

Nah im very busy today. Is it another far left, its everone elses fault, especially those filthy zionists, misleading thread title, thread?

 

[oldius]

Fantastic post kinky.

If the information you post was writ large in the national press, many views would change. We need to stand together to fight terror not burn our bridges and stand alone.