British Muslim Scholars Tell Isis That Holding Hostages Goes Against The Qur'an

[Turborama]

Video appeal from the orthodox Salafi school of Islamic thought calls for Isis to release British aid worker Alan Henning

Vikram Dodd and Ian Cobain
The Guardian, Friday 19 September 2014 18.15 BST

British Muslim scholars have made a direct video appeal to Islamist militants to release Alan Henning,whom they are threatening to behead, warning the killing would break Islamic laws.

The video appeals come from three scholars from the orthodox Salafi school of Islamic thought, which many in the west see as fundamentalist.

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The Muslim scholars who are appealing for the release of Henning say that his detention is against the Qur'an's teachings and an injustice on a scale suffered by Muslims who have been held at Guantánamo by the US, and those held by Britain without trial.

Two of the scholars in the video seen by the Guardian have been accused of sympathising with extremism, which they deny. They describe Henning as a humanitarian who travelled to Syria to help suffering Muslims. They hope their political credibility and theological learning will sway Isis.

They are hoping the videos reach Islamic State captors through social media, which the militants have proven so skilled at using themselves.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/19/isis-muslim-scholars-call-release-alan-henning-hostage

[Fred Sanders]

1. Guess what, terrorists try to terrorize...why are America and Britain so willing to be terrorized?

[onwardsand upwards]

2. This is a wonderful gesture.

It also highlights the fact that these "Muslim terrorists" are, really, just "terrorists".

The US has a long history of creating, funding, and supplying terrorist groups across the world. In Nicaragua, it was the "Contras". In Afghanistan, it was the "Mujahideen", who -- later -- morphed into "Al Qaeda" which, we are supposed to believe, they lost control of (like Frankenstein's monster).

US foreign policy has one aim: to maximize the profits of the corporations that run the US government. It is in their interests to have weak national governments (unable to defend themselves against corporate power) and to have eternal war (its good for arms sales, for oil prices, for companies that service the military, and for suppressing dissent at home). That's why we see so many well-funded, armed, and organized terrorists in the world.

The problem is not Islam (which emphasizes peace and respect) it is corporate power (which emphasizes greed and opportunism).