Is it really true that no Muslims have spoken out against extremism? This is a frequent article of faith on?

Question

on this board, and I'm wondering if anyone can provide a source that shows moderate Muslims condemning militant radicalism.

Answer 1

Of course they have spoken out. It's just not a popular subject in our media, and most people don't take the time or trouble to look elsewhere for their news. Also, it's easier to believe the worst of others than it is to accept blame yourself. There are a lot of staunch anti-Muslim war supporters who need to believe that all Muslims are bad people, the alternative being that they accept the blame for supporting an administration which has taken thousands of innocent lives. As well, many of the Muslims who decry the acts of extremists also decry the acts of the US, so in many people's minds that just doesn't count.

Go to http://www.riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ and read to your heart's content. If you begin with the archives, back when the blog was first begun, and read up through the present, you'll get a wrenching first hand account of the war in Iraq, from a very well educated, well written Iraqi insiderwho lives in Baghdad. The writer has a book out, and has been frequently quoted and referred to in newspapers around the world. Doesn't have ANYTHING good to say about militant radicals, and not much good to say about the US, either, though that wasn't true at the outset. And, she would be killed by the radicals she writes about in a heartbeat, if they knew who she was.

Read through this article in Forbes Magazine, or just skip to the last paragraph or two.
http://www.forbes.com/columnists/global/2006/0313/014.html

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-09T025106Z_01_N08424159_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-USA-KHATAMI.xml&archived=False

You're right, there are a lot of extreme viewpoints given on YA, I am probably an offender as well in some people's eyes. It's really important that people such as yourself continue to question those viewpoints and research thing on your own. There are a lot of good people all over the world who have differing religious beliefs; allowing widespread condemnation of them to go unchallenged because of the actions of a few is simply unacceptable.

Answer 2

Many Muslims have spoken out against extremism. Unfortunately, things such as this do not make the mainstream media. I have satellite television from all over the world and the first response to any and all acts of violence is always condemnation. You are forced to believe the opposite, but it is a lie. AlQaeda was created and it's training is still funded by the CIA through ISI. This form of "Islamic Extremism" is an American creation.

Answer 3

Only lying bigots have asked questions like this. Unfortunately, don't have the names, but I've heard many muslims being interviewed on TV news who are against militant radicalism. Many others in those countries have been cited as well. Many people who lead those governments have said the same thing. So I would suggest that you conduct more research because they are out there. No one race thinks like a monolith like that. That's like saying all Jews wanted to bomb Lebanon and Palestine. Not true and thinking as a group just doesn't happen.

Answer 4

EXPLAIN THIS TO US APOLOGISTS
Video shows Iranian pilgrims at Hajj, picture of burning WTC tower in background, chanting Death to America, and to cut off the hands of the non believers. Explain away these "peaceful" people to us again. You are all so pathetically entertaining.
http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=991.#

Remember this?? http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-kills-dancing-palastinians.mpg

They sit there in unified silence and never speak out against the atrocities of their extremists. Perhaps it is because they all share the same views. Perhaps they are all extremists, just in different degrees. They ask the world to understand their grievances, while their people kill innocents. Clean your house first, before you come to the world with your hand out, looking for sympathy. No, contacts and informants in the muslim world won't help. This is a muslim problem. The muslims are the only ones who can stop it. If they don't, it means they support it and we've seen all kinds of evidence that they do, whether they admit it openly or not. They glorify suicide murders! They have parades and memorials in honor of teens who blew themselves up to kill Israelis or Maronites or Americans or whoever the infidel do jour is. Not all muslims are bad, but enough are to really really matter. After 9/11 an extensive poll was taken throughout the muslim world (where allowed.) 15% openly supported OBL and said the US had it coming and they hope there's more. 69% said that, while regrettable, it's the US's own fault for supporting Israel, EVEN THOUGH at the time, Israel wasn't even mentioned by OBL, and most of these people have never met an Israeli in their lives. So 74% of the muslim world wants Israel gone and wouldn't be too sad if we were gone too. If the poll is representative, then out of 1.3 Billion muslims in the world, there are over 700 Million who want Israel gone and who wish us ill. Furthermore, A 2004 estimate by the intelligence unit of French police found that about 150 of the country's indexed 1,600 mosques and prayer halls were under the control of extremist elements.

A study of 1,160 recent French converts to Islam found that 23% identified themselves as Salafists — a sect sometimes associated with violent extremism.

In the Netherlands, the Dutch intelligence service says it believes as many as 20 different hard-line Islamic groups may be operating in the country.
In London, authorities say that as many as 3,000 veterans of al-Qaeda training camps over the years were born or based in Britain. Not all muslims are bad, but as far as I'm concerned, enough of them are, therefore I don't feel bad about generalizing or profiling in this case.

Answer 5

Nope, not just lying bigots are saying this. The entire world is waiting with bated breath for moderate muslim's apologies for their extremist brothers. I notice no one has found a link to post
proving the existence of an outcry of condemnation from those poor moderate mulsims whose peaceloving religion has been hi-jacked by extremists.

Answer 6

No. It's not true. Or at least if you can believe anything that is posted on this site. I've heard several muslims(they say they are muslims) denounce radicals and their statements.

But then there are people on this site that believe Bush directly caused 9/11. *LOL* That would be funny if they weren't serious.

Answer 7

There are extremests in every religion.Hitler , Bush ,Menahim Begin and Ulmart are not Mulsems.The problem some Americans have now is that they mix up between terrorists like Binladen and freedom seekers like those fighting in Palestine and Lebanon against Israel occupation.

Answer 8

There is a video of a woman from Saudi Arabi who says that we are in a clash of two cultures.

Answer 9

Many, many, many have spoken about extremism to say that it is not reflective of the Islam faith.

Answer 10

Some have spoken, but not loud enough!