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In reply to the discussion: phoenix anti islam organizer going into hiding. [View all]Pooka Fey
(3,496 posts)32. Islamic Community Center of Phoenix has publicly condemned ISIS
The GunNuts are menacing a peaceful Muslim community that has done EXACTLY what Western democracies have demanded (with good reason) that they do: condemn ISIS and urged ISIS supporters to repent and return to the religion of mercy.
The imams of ICCP, by signing this open letter to the leader of ISIS and denouncing his followers, they have literally put their own lives in danger. So they have the GunNuts against them on the one hand, and ISIS supporters against them on the other hand.
The Islamic Community Center of Phoenix joined global, national and local Muslim scholars and leaders in refuting the ideology of the terrorist group ISIS, we are urging ISIS supporters to repent and return to the religion of mercy. Or Imam Sheikh Mahmoud Sulaiman & many others such as Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah have given Friday sermons and wrote articles to denounce ISIS misguided philosophy, also a group of over 125 of the worlds top Islamic scholars have written an open letter to the self-declared leader of ISIS Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
http://iccpaz.com/iccp-condemns-isis/
The fact that the leadership of this mosque has come out AGAINST Islamic State should tell you something about their values
(reposting from yesterday http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1104841)
On edit: Upon listening to this guy for 4 mins on the video link, he says "Until these people start to police their own, this is what is going to happen". If he had done 3 minutes of research, like I did, he would know that he is harassing the wrong mosque, for those who are posting like this mosque is a hotbed of radical Islamists.
He is harassing Muslims, period. Not radical Islamists.
Just ordinary Muslims, practicing their freedom of religion, a right guaranteed to them by the US Constitution.
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He's probably upset no one cares about him and is trying to stir up more trouble.
uppityperson
May 2015
#1
Good. Then you support exposing those who would use religion to justify oppression.
Binkie The Clown
May 2015
#5
'I say anything that calls attention to how truly bad radical right-wing Islam is can't be all bad.'
Violet_Crumble
May 2015
#9
I don't get it. How could any DUer think that bigoted wanker isn't all bad?
Violet_Crumble
May 2015
#12
"Any religious believer should be protested for believing in magic" said AngryAmish
Pooka Fey
May 2015
#36
Or maybe nobody has threatened him at all, he didn't get the reaction he wanted at the rally
ck4829
May 2015
#29
Kind of hard to sympathize with a guy who routinely wears a "FUCK ISLAM" t-shirt. (nt)
Paladin
May 2015
#16
He'll probably con more money out of more people than the anti-gay pizza parlor. eom
MohRokTah
May 2015
#20