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American Muslim Leader Says Islam Cannot Justify Terrorism Nehad Awad, Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), said the American Muslim community issued prompt and clear condemnation of the September 11 terrorist attacks to affirm its legitimate place in American society. usinfo.state.gov DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- As the U.S.-led bombing raids continue in Afghanistan, Islamic leaders meeting in Qatar have issued a statement condemning terrorism. "We have endorsed a global consensus and condemnation of terrorist acts, condolence and sympathy with the United States and a commitment to eradication of international terrorism," Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said. cnn.com Iran's Ayatollah Imami Kashani spoke of a catastrophic act of terrorism which could only be condemned by all Muslims, adding the whole world should mobilise against terrorism. news.bbc.co.uk The disgraceful terrorist acts against the United States on September 11, 2001 are, by any standard, ugly crimes. They should be condemned by every person with an iota of faith, and by all peace-loving peoples who believe in human rights and adhere to principles and values. saudiembassy.net The Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami, condemned what he called "terrorist" attacks on the Islamic republic's arch-foe, and offered "deep sympathy" to the American nation. guardian.co.uk "Islam, the religion of tolerance, holds the human soul in high esteem and considers the attack against innocent human beings a grave sin....I categorically go against a committed Muslim's embarking on such attacks. Islam never allows a Muslim to kill the innocent and the helpless." Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Muslim scholar, Doha, Qatar (IslamOnline & News Agencies, September 13, 2001) "Attacking innocent people is not courageous; it is stupid and will be punished on the day of judgment. It's not courageous to attack innocent children, women, and civilians. It is courageous to protect freedom; it is courageous to defend oneself and not to attack." Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed al-Tantawi of Al-Azhar mosque and university, Cairo, Egypt (Agence France-Presse, September 14, 2001) "Just as he must not be allowed to get away with the terrorist hijackings and cold-blooded murder of September 11, Osama bin Laden must not be allowed to get away with hijacking Islam and the good name of religion generally." The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association, October 17, 2001 "Such attacks on such a grand scale -- it's very outrageous, it's worth every condemnation. Whoever carried out the attack did not have a right to do it in the name of the religion, namely Islam....Killing innocents to achieve a target has never been the heart of the religion." Yusuf Muhammad, Muslim cleric, Jakarta, Indonesia (Reuters, September 14, 2001) "It would be a grave calamity when the followers of this phenomenon [terrorism] use religion as a camouflage, because true Islam stands innocent from all that. Its teachings stand aloft from people who believe in violence as a course of action and sabotage as a method and bloodshed as a way of reform." Sheikh Abdul-Rahman al-Sudais at the Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia (Reuters, September 28, 2001) usinfo.state.gov Muslim World Condemns Attacks on U.S. islam-online.net