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Terrorism - The Free Muslims Coalition believes that
there can NEVER be a justification for terrorism.
The Coalition believes that fundamentalist Islamic terror represents one of the most
lethal threats to the stability of the civilized world. The existence of Islamic
terrorists is the existence of threats to democracy. There is no room for terrorism in the
modern world and the United States should take a no-tolerance stance on terrorism in order
to avoid another tragedy, along the lines of 9-11. With the added threat of biochemical
weapons, the call to defeat terrorism has never been so urgent.
Among Islamic scholars, the concept of jihad ranges in definition from the personal
struggle against temptation to holy war. All calls for jihad to create an Islamic state
should be rejected as heretic and a threat to modern society. The Coalition feels that the
concept of jihad should be reinterpreted for a modern day context in which holy war is
obsolete. No holy war needs to be waged; there is no clear and present threat to Islam;
the only war that needs to be waged in the modern world is one against terrorists and
extremists. As militant Islamic fundamentalism increases, the Coalition will wage a battle
of minds as we bring Islam into the 21st century and introduce a doctrine which is
compatible with democracy and modern living.
So far, the few Muslims who choose to speak up against militant extremist Islam have faced
threats of violence and accusations of being anti-Islam. Even members of this Coalition
face threats as they carry out their work. In effect, the message disseminated by radical
Muslims is that merely discussing Islamic terrorism is to be construed as an attack on
Islam.
More effectively, Muslim extremists have quelled criticism against them from peaceful
Muslims by adopting popular Muslim and Arab causes. A case in point is the adoption of the
Palestinian cause. The issue of Palestine and the perceived suffering of the Palestinians
is the single most important issue that unites the entire Muslim and Arab world. No issue
evokes the passion of Muslims and Arabs as much as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is so important to Arabs and Muslims that every terrorist
group from Morocco to Indonesia that seeks legitimacy and a following, places the
?liberation? of Palestine at the forefront of their agenda. For example, recall that
Saddam Hussein responded to the world?s request that he leave Kuwait by insisting that
Israel first evacuate the West Bank and Gaza. Osama Bin Laden also invoked the Palestinian
issue to justify 9-11. Iran has made the Palestinian issue its most important foreign
policy priority since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. HAMAS, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad
justify the murder of innocent Jews by adopting the Palestinian cause.
The clever adoption of the Palestinian cause has made it difficult for peaceful Muslims to
attack terrorist organizations such as Islamic Jihad and HAMAS. The real aim of
organizations such as Al-Qaeda, HAMAS, Hezbollah and countries such as Iran is not just
the ?liberation of Palestine? but the creation of a fundamentalist Muslim empire made up
of every Muslim nation. This desire to create a Muslim empire is based on the delusion
that modernity is a threat to Islam and the idea that the Muslim community has strayed
from God and if they were to return to a strict interpretation of Islam that the problems
in the Muslim world would be solved. It is this exact mentality spurned of paranoia,
ignorance and fear that inspired and supported the Taliban and the creation of a medieval
society in Afghanistan.
The Coalition rejects the urgent desire by extremist groups to create a strict Islamic
empire as a justification for terrorism. The coalition rejects the desire to help the
Palestinians as a justification for terrorism. The coalition rejects the use of terrorism
under any circumstances and will challenge the terrorists? propaganda machines head on.
The Coalition will seek to raise the peaceful voices of Muslims world wide. The terrorist
and extremist Muslims will no longer go unchallenged. Their days of sympathetic leaching
off the Muslim community are numbered.
Women's Rights
Solving the
Palestinian/Israeli Conflict
Free Muslims Coalition members are prepared to speak out against terrorists and terrorist
sympathizers on all occasions. The Coalition leadership is composed of experts on the
following subjects: terrorism, Islam, Arab-Israeli conflict, women?s rights, the Middle
East, the economics of terrorism, terrorist organizations, Muslim community and
organizations in the United States, the Patriot Act, Iraq, Islamic states, Jihad, hijab,
and anti-Semitism.
The Coalition leadership can be reached for press interviews and media appearances at the
below coordinates.
2560 Virginia Avenue, NW Suite 171 Washington, DC 20037
202-776-7190 or 301-905-6438
info@freemuslims.org Media relations:
media@freemuslims.org
Contact President Kamal Nawash E-mail: president@freemuslims.org |
