Yours is a fast-growing
faith and is represented in countries over the entire globe.
You speak for your congregations.
So I ask you - where is
your voice?
You are the learned men
of Islam.
You know well that your
Book does not condone, in fact condemns absolutely:-
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suicide
-
murder
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violence
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abuse of women
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neglect of children
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extremism
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You know more than
all others
that, since its
inception, your faith has promulgated tolerance.
I ask you again - where
is your voice?
You are the scholars of
Islam.
You teach what the prophet
Mohammed taught
you:
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Love
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Compassion
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Submission to his teachings
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The same teachings that
have attracted a flock of followers, by virtue of their beauty.
It was your voice, not
that of the extremists, that
drew so many to embrace your faith.
But now, where is your
voice?
Do the teachings of the
Prophet not define themselves?
Or will you allow the
Osama bin Ladens and their
ilk to define Islam in their own way, and stay
silent?
Those who would disguise
their hatred of Man and call it Love of God?
Who would try to achieve
by murder and terror what they have not the intellect to articulate?
Would you have your faith
grow because of the wisdom of your Prophet, or be forever remembered as
an instrument of murder, terror and intransigence?
Those groups,
the terrorists,
who call themselves “freedom fighters” even as they usurp the freedom of
those whose lands they inhabit, those whose
views are so extreme that Mohammed
himself would shrink to embrace them:
Would
you have them represent the Muslim faith,
and speak for you?
If not, then in God’s
name, where is your voice?
You are the keepers of
Islam.
If you join together and
speak as one to condemn absolutely the manic ravings and despicable acts
of those who profess to act in your name:
If you make
abundantly clear that there is no place
for their message of hate in
your faith, they
will listen.
Or be damned.
You are the guardians
of Islam.
You have been chosen for
your wisdom and understanding.
Your Prophet gave you
a message to preach and a voice to preach it to people far and wide.
Please use it.
Now, more than ever,
we need your voice.
The voice of sanity.
