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To: longnshort who wrote (32674)	5/31/2005 11:55:50 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Longshort, you are not approved of by leftwingers. That must break your heart. LOL

To: longnshort who wrote (32674)	6/1/2005 10:46:51 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 93284

They who? There is no Paupacy type of organized hierarchy. There are a couple of political organizations like CAIR... News Releases Thursday, May 13, 2004 CAIR launches 'Not in the name of Islam' petition drive Rights group urges Muslims to sign online petition against terrorism A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today launched an online petition drive designed to disassociate the faith of Islam from the violent acts of a few Muslims. The petition on the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) web site (www.cair-net.org), called “Not in the Name of Islam,” allows Muslims and other people of conscience around the world to help correct misperceptions of Islam and that faith’s stance on religiously-motivated terror. The “Not in the Name of Islam” petition states: “We, the undersigned, wish to state clearly that those who commit acts of terror and murder in the name of Islam are not only destroying innocent lives, but are also devastating the image of the faith they claim to represent. No injustice done to Muslims can ever justify the massacre of innocent people and no act of terror will ever serve the cause of Islam. We repudiate and disassociate ourselves from any Muslim group or individual who commits such brutal and un-Islamic acts. Islam must not be held hostage by the criminal actions of a tiny minority acting outside both the boundaries of their faith and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.” CAIR’s petition drive comes following the videotaped beheading of an American civilian in Iraq that shocked television viewers worldwide. “We hope this effort will demonstrate once and for all that Muslims in America and throughout the Islamic world reject violence committed in the name of Islam,” said CAIR Board Chairman Omar Ahmad. “People of all faiths must do whatever they can to help end the downward spiral of mutual hostility and hatred that is engulfing our world.” CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 26 regional offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada.

To: longnshort who wrote (32674)	6/1/2005 10:51:51 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 93284

"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.