Misunderstanding

Submitted by moderate Muslim (United States), Apr 7, 2007 at 21:15

This is a misunderstanding. Susan sent me the links to some rallies and this is what I was adressing in the post above Noah. These rallies said that the organizers, non Muslims, would meet in front of CAIR offices and burn effigies. I was not adressing the rallies you were talking about. We are talking about two different rallies, so if you want to go get a double quarter pounder at Rally's while you think over that, feel free. If a Muslim wants peace and justice, and wants to find those who do evil acts in the name of Islam, then that makes them a good Muslim, not a bad Muslim, and I would personally congratulate him. I was adressing rallies by non Muslim against CAIR, I was not talking about your reform rallies.

We need to fix the root of the problem which is the image of Islam in the world. If the image of Islam in the world was good, then there would not have been distasteful cartoons, or anything like that. I do not condone these cartoons, I condemn them, but I also condemn any acts of violence made by people in outrage over the cartoons. Violence is not the answer. Violence only breeds more violence. And only by stopping violence can we improve the image of Islam.

It is therefore the duty of all Muslims to hold themselves in a manner befitting a Muslim, as a kind caring person, so that people realize that we are not terrorists. We know we're not terrorists, we just have lost sight of the fact that we have to tell people that. I think it is sad that Muslims have to improve their image, but it is the fault of those who claimed our religion as the guidance for their evil deeds, wrongly, but it worked, because everyone believes them now.

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