I must say this is a fine piece of literature. Sandi
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Maqsud Sobhani wrote:
>
> From: "mpa_milwaukee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:21:42 -0000
> Subject: [MPA_NEWS] Kill us, too: We are also Americans
>
> Kill us, too: We are also Americans
>
> By ASLAM ABDULLAH
> Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal
>
> The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, recently
> issued a decree to its supporters: Kill at least one American
> in the next two weeks" using a sniper rifle, explosive or whatever
> the battle may require."
>
> Well, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, I am an American too. Count me as
> the one of those you have asked your supporters to kill.
>
> I am not alone, there are thousands of Muslims with me in Las
> Vegas, and many more millions in America, who are proud Americans
> and who are ready to face your challenge. You hide in your caves
> and behind the faces of civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq. You
> don't show your faces and you have no guts to face Muslims. You
> thrive on the misery of thousands of Muslim youth and children
> who are victims of despotism, poverty and ignorance.
>
> During the past two decades, you have brought nothing but shame
> and disaster to your religion and your world.
>
> You said you "invite you not to drop your weapons, and don't let
> your souls or your enemies rest until each one of you kills at
> least one American within a period that does not exceed 15 days
> with a sniper's gunshot or incendiary devices or Molotov cocktail
> or a suicide car bomb -- whatever the battle may require." I invite
> you to surrender, to seek forgiveness from God almighty for
> the senseless killing you and your supporters are involved in
> and repent for everything you have done.
>
> You say that the word of God is the highest. Yes, it is. But you
> are not worthy of it. You have abandoned God and you have started
> worshipping your own satanic egos that rejoice at the killing of
> innocent people. You don't represent Muslims or, for that matter,
> any decent human being who believes in the sanctity of life. Many
> among us American Muslims have differences with our administration
> on domestic and foreign issues, just like many other Americans
> do. But the plurality of opinions does not mean that we deprive
> ourselves of the civility that God demands from us. America is our
> home and will always be our home. Its interests are ours, and its
> people are ours. When you talk of killing of Americans, you first
> have to kill 6 million or so Muslims who will stand for every
> American's right to live and enjoy the life as commanded by God.
>
> By growing a beard, shouting some religious slogans and misquoting
> and misusing some verses of the divine scriptures, you cannot
> incite Muslims to do things that are contrary to our religion.
> Yes, you even fail to understand the basic Islamic principles of
> life and living. Islam demands peace in all aspects of life,
> Islam demands respect for life. Islam demands justice.
>
> What you are doing in Iraq, Afghanistan, India or other parts of
> the world is anti-human and anti-divine. You are an enemy of Islam
> as much as you are an enemy of America. You must understand that
> God who entrusted you with life is the same God who spelled his
> spirit in every human being regardless of his or her religion or
> ethnicity or nationality or status. You are violating him.
>
> We feel totally disgusted with your action and we condemn you
> without any reservation. Don't come to our mosques to preach
> this hatred. Don't visit our Islamic centers to spill the blood
> of innocents. Don't think that just because we share the same
> religion, we would show some sympathy to you. You are not of
> us. You don't belong to the religion whose followers are trying
> to live a peaceful life for themselves and others serving the
> divine according to their understanding. In our understanding of
> faith, you appear as anti-divine and anti-human. We reject you
> now as we rejected you yesterday.
>
> There is nothing common between you and us.
>
> We stand for life, you want to destroy it.
>
> We accept the divine scheme of diversity in the world and
> you want to impose conformity.
>
> We respect every human being simply because he or she is a
> creation of the divine, and you hate people based on their
> religion and ethnicity.
>
> We support freedom and liberty and justice, and you promote
> bigotry, murder and strangulation.
>
> You will never be able to find a sympathetic voice amidst us.
> Our differences with others will never lead us to do things that
> are fundamentally wrong in our faith, i. e. taking the lives of
> innocent people and killing others because they are different.
>
> So on Sept. 11, when you will be hiding in your caves, we will be
> out in the streets paying tribute to those who you killed because
> you failed to see the beauty of life. We will condemn you once
> again the same way we have been doing ever since 9/11 because we
> are Muslim Americans.
>
> Aslam Abdullah is director of the Islamic Society of Nevada. He
> is also the chair of the publication division of the recently
> formed International Iqbal Institute for Research, Education and
> Dialogue located in Lahore, Pakistan.
>
> LETTERS: A credo for Muslims in America
> To the editor:
> I write this letter to salute Aslam Abdullah, director of the
> Islamic Society of Nevada, for his Sunday commentary, "Kill us,
> too: We are also Americans." Your letter is a credo for all
> Muslims in America and throughout the world who despise the acts
> of 15th-century barbarians masquerading under the banner of
> your religion. Perhaps there is some way you can circulate your
> statement throughout Muslim communities, seeking to gain the
> signatures of other Muslims of like mind. Having a million
> signatures or more would certainly make a statement to non-Muslims
> in America, as well as to the heretics who defame your faith.
> You are deserving of a hero's praise.
> Jim Stockdale
>
>
> A must-read
> To the editor:
> Kudos to Aslam Abdullah for his Sunday commentary in response
> to the al-Qaida demand for supporters to kill Americans. I very
> much hope the Review-Journal has circulated his essay to wire
> services, as all of America should read it. Finally, we are
> hearing some thoughts and comments from American Muslims. And
> we certainly need to hear from many more.
> Linda Dahlquist
>
>
> Send it around the world
> To the editor:
> Thank you for publishing Aslam Abdullah's commentary on the eve
> of the 9/11 anniversary. Hopefully, it will be picked up and
> circulated around the world.
> Deborah Brown
>
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(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
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