CANADIAN IMAMS DECLARE INTENT TO COMBAT ….ER….”RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE”…..NO MENTION OF HONOR KILLINGS, TERRORISM….

Posted By on August 16th, 2010

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38 Imams declare intent to combat “religious violence”; Here’s the problem with that

John Schulenburg, GatewayPundit.FirstThings.com

Forgive me if my cynicism trumps what little optimism is left of my belief that moderate Muslims will step up to the plate and do the job only they are capable of doing. Every year we see this. A group of what seem to be halfway decent Muslims come out and “declare” their commitment to combat radical Islam. Here’s the latest:

CNN – Canadian imams issue declaration to combat radical Islam

The Council, which comprises 50 influential imams, says its statement – called the Canadian Council of Imams Declaration– will be read in more than 200 mosques across Canada during Friday’s afternoon prayers.

As of this writing, 38 of the 50 Islamic scholars who make up Canada’s Muslim mainstream leadership have signed the Canadian Council of Imams Declaration, released today. More names will follow. These signatories will lead Muslim communities onto a path of active engagement, taking back Islam and claiming it for multicultural peace.

Great, awesome, fantastic…a great start right? There’s one problem though. They say nothing of radical Islam or Islamic Terrorism.

The declaration doesn’t mention radicalism or terrorism, but it repeatedly condemns religious violence.

A broad brush, a simple statement of opposition to violence. In my opinion, a bunch of BS.

This is classic aggrandization on the part of Muslims leaders who want Islam to have a good reputation but refuse to take the necessary action in order to achieve it. They want the American public to look at them and say “Look, see! Most of Islam really does mean peace!”. The problem is that the discussion stops there. We won’t hear a peep from these Imam’s again. There won’t be any acts of “cleaning the Mosque” of the radicals that are obviously within their ranks.

Let’s be honest here. 38 of the 50 Imam’s signed this “declaration”. Great, good start, but if Muslims were truly committed to purging their own radicals, they would take REAL action other than making some big public statement such as this.

Here are a few tips for the CCOM marketing department:

Publicly denounce any and all forms of Islamic Sharia and pledge your allegiance to the Unite States Constitution and Declaration of Independence *Update* Forgetting they were Canadian, this one wouldn’t really apply. But something similar would do.
Declare Hamas and Hezbollah as terror organizations

Declare that Islam has a huge problem and needs to be fundamentally reformed. (I know many say this is impossible, but prove us wrong)

50 Mosques? Great, start naming names of those radicals within your ranks and within your congregations.Trust me, it’ll make the news.

Demand that radical Islam abroad be defeated and publicly state your support for the war on global terrorism

Make public on video and audio your sermons proving to America you’re serious about making change within your mosques.

Demand that the Imam behind the ground Zero Mosque be investigated for his radicalism and ties to terror groups and demand that the Mosque not be built there.
I’m sure I could think of more, but that’s just a start.

Geez guys, if you are truly serious about combating radical Islam, get yourself a marketing team to get the message out and prove that you’re committed to it through your actions. Simple declaration’s like these are all talk and no bite.

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