"They have not had a national press conference, denouncing the violence, why?"
I realize that is a question on your mind. It is unfounded and based on your lack of cultural knowledge. The question on my mind is why people like you (presuming there may be others) prefer ignorance and hate to knowledge.
Here is an example of what some local groups have been doing.
NJ: Muslim Groups Publish Ads to Condemn Terrorism
Source: Associated Press
Five Muslim organizations and seven mosques have
taken out advertisements in three New Jersey newspapers to condemn acts of
terrorism.
The ads, which featured a banner "Not in the Name of Islam," said the
killing of Americans does not represent Islam, just as the Iraqi prisoner
abuse scandal does not represent America or Christianity.
"No injustice done to Muslims can ever justify the killing of innocent
people, and no act of terror will ever serve the cause of Islam," the ad's
text read. "We repudiate and disassociate ourselves from any group or
individual who commits such brutal and un-Islamic acts."
Waheed Khalid, chairman of the state chapter of the American Muslim Union,
said the ads that appeared in newspapers Friday were needed following the
beheadings of Americans in Saudi Arabia and Iraq...
The ads, which cost a combined $14,000, appeared in the Herald News, The
Record of Bergen County and The Star-Ledger of Newark. |
