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Originally Posted by the article in the OP
The head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith, Mohammed Moussaoui, also condemned the attack.
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It was nice seeing this statement in the article.
Prominent muslims denouncing attacks of this nature are too few and far between.
ETA: Unfortunately, the same article quotes several people stating the attack has nothing to do with Islam, as Pete pointed out. IMHO, if Muslims want to truly promote their faith as a "religion of peace", they should acknowledge the religion-based motive for the attack and then explain why the attack was evil with supporting citations from their religious texts.
Of course, you can't cite what is not there - and this may be the problem - I'm no scholar on Islam.
T-Rock - you out there?
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Last edited by PedOncoDoc; 11-02-2011 at 06:55.
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