Muslim Scholars Release Open Letter To Islamic State Meticulously Blasting Its Ideology

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Add to the the story of the comat pilot from the UAE, who is both Muslim and female (http://m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29367214) and you might give some of the serial detractors pause for thought.

Pause for thought? No. The serial detractors will just ridicule this female combat pilot as "Boobs on the Ground".

[B_J 2,752]

I didn't read all of the letter, but the part I read is exactly what I wanted it to be. I just hope the right people are aware of this and read it - those people being the terrorists themselves and those who feel all Muslims are terrorists.

But, I must point out that this letter is most definitely a fake. I've been listening to talk radio for two days now and I haven't heard anybody mention it.

[GBCW 397]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/24/muslim-scholars-islamic-state_n_5878038.html?cps=gravity

WASHINGTON (RNS) More than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the Islamic State, denouncing them as un-Islamic by using the most Islamic of terms.

Relying heavily on the Quran, the 18-page letter released Wednesday (Sept. 24) picks apart the extremist ideology of the militants who have left a wake of brutal death and destruction in their bid to establish a transnational Islamic state in Iraq and Syria.

Even translated into English, the letter will still sound alien to most Americans, said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, who released it in Washington with 10 other American Muslim religious and civil rights leaders.

120 Muslims, out of a worldwide population of 1.6 billion?

0.0000075%?

Well, I suppose it's a start.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

120 Muslims, out of a worldwide population of 1.6 billion?

0.0000075%?

Well, I suppose it's a start.

I'd suspect that the population of Muslim scholars is significantly smaller than 1.6 billion.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I didn't read all of the letter, but the part I read is exactly what I wanted it to be. I just hope the right people are aware of this and read it - those people being the terrorists themselves and those who feel all Muslims are terrorists.

But, I must point out that this letter is most definitely a fake. I've been listening to talk radio for two days now and I haven't heard anybody mention it.

You know it won't make mainstream press. There's no angle to it. There are more Muslims that live this way than not.

[GBCW 397]

I'd suspect that the population of Muslim scholars is significantly smaller than 1.6 billion.

:lol:

the ulema are simply not as influential as you think.

These aren't Catholics, who worship a man with a pointy hat. Islam might be the most egalitarian faith on earth.

[Boiler 43,713]

Signing up for protests in all major cities?

Undertaking fatwas?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Signing up for protests in all major cities?

Undertaking fatwas?

Sure. Just as soon as all gun owners walk hand in hand with us.

[Boiler 43,713]

Guns are handy for fatwas.

[Dan and Judy 614]

you're quoting/linking to a site that's been blocked by vj moderation in the past because of its hate speech slant,fyi.

It's curious that the verses contained in this particular passage specifying the very precise and provisional self defense clauses to these verses are excluded, and instead random ones have been cherry picked sans context. I'm sure that was accidental.

9:28

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Sahih International

O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.

9:29

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Sahih International

Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

9:30

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Sahih International

The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah ." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?

http://quran.com/9

any complaints?

[sandinista! 1,816]

In what numerical system does 29 come before 1? Why is verse 29 the starting point? Where are the preceding verses that specifically refer to such fighting to only commence after treason was committed and treaties illegally broken?

Or the verses directing believers to protect and shield immediately those who desist attacking them?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

In what numerical system does 29 come before 1? Why is verse 29 the starting point? Where are the preceding verses that specifically refer to such fighting to only commence after treason was committed and treaties illegally broken?

Or the verses directing believers to protect and shield immediately those who desist attacking them?

He gets an A for effort though

[Pooky 3,366]

Pause for thought? No.

Apparently, the USAF tanker crew did.

U.S. tanker pilots called in for air refueling and asked for the UAE mission and when they heard a female voice on the other side they paused for 20 seconds

[Pooky 3,366]

In what numerical system does 29 come before 1? Why is verse 29 the starting point? Where are the preceding verses that specifically refer to such fighting to only commence after treason was committed and treaties illegally broken?

Or the verses directing believers to protect and shield immediately those who desist attacking them?

If he had quoted the previous 28 verses, he would have been accused of "Doing an OriZ".

[GandD 5,966]