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[Woodrow Hill]

At 03:26 PM 9/14/2001, you wrote:
>O you who believe! When you conspire together, conspire not for crime and
>wrongdoing and disobedience to the messenger, but conspire together for
>righteousness and piety and keep your duty toward Allah, unto Whom you will
>be gathered.
>
>-Qur'an, Surah 58:9
>
>
>Phillip Jones

         [snip]

>Please keep in mind that the persons responsible for this attack are not
>Fundamentalist. They are FANATICS.  They are no more supported by the whole
>Islamic community, than we, as a nation, support the Ku Klux Klan.
>
>Livia

         To extend these remarks, a section of a long, and detailed, 
description of Islam's stance on these issues, from a sheikh (a title given 
to religious clerics as well as secular leaders) . From 
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2001-09/13/article25.shtml :

"Our hearts bleed for the attacks that has targeted the World Trade Center 
[WTC], as well as other institutions in the United States despite our 
strong oppositions to the American biased policy towards Israel on the 
military, political and economic fronts.

"Islam, the religion of tolerance, holds the human soul in high esteem, and 
considers the attack against innocent human beings a grave sin, this is 
backed by the Qur'anic verse which reads:

Who so ever kills a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption 
in the earth, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind, and who so ever 
saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all 
mankind," (Al-Ma'dah:32).

"The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said, 'A 
believer remains within the scope of his religion as long as he doesn't 
kill another person illegally'," the prominent scholar said."


                                 ----Asim



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