Muslims rallying against ISIS all over the world

[Johan]

British Muslims’ message to ISIL: Not in my name!

A powerful campaign by British Muslims to condemn the actions of the Islamic State militant movement is gaining momentum.

“Not in my name”, led by the Active Change Foundation, is attempting to counter the presence of extremism on social media.

The campaign was praised in the recent speech by the US President to the UN General Assembly.

President Obama said the whole world, especially Muslim communities, had to expose and publicly renounce the ideologies of hatred and violence.

He added the militants cannot be allowed to continue “perverting one of the world’s great religions”.

The “Not in my name” campaign has now spread to other countries too.

http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/25/british-muslims-message-to-isil-not-in-my-name/

French Muslims to Protest Against Extremism

Muslims in France are gathering for a demonstration in Paris against extremist violence after the videotaped beheading of a French mountaineer.

Friday's protest comes a day after the main mosque in Paris called for the demonstration against the killings happening in the name of their religion. It also comes in the wake of the launch earlier this week by British Muslims of a social media campaign "#notinmyname" in response to the Islamic State group.

Many Western Muslims are torn between their fury at the atrocities committed in the name of Islam and frustration that they have to defend themselves at all. The head of the Bordeaux mosque said any demonstration should include all religions.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/french-muslims-protest-extremism-25774577

German Muslims Protest Against Islamic State Group


Thousands of Muslims in Germany have taken part in a "Day of Peace" to protest against the Islamic State extremist group.

The event was organized by mainstream Muslim organizations to emphasize that the vast majority of believers reject the group's ideology and its brutal actions in Syria and Iraq.

The head of Germany's Central Council of Muslims, Aiman Mazyek, said the protest Friday was also directed against racism and intolerance in general, citing recent attacks on mosques and synagogues in Europe.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/german-muslims-protest-islamic-state-group-25622192

Muslims Protest Islamic State In Norway

Norway's prime minister and other politicians have joined Muslim leaders and thousands of other people for a demonstration in Oslo against radical Islamists.

Monday's rally was an initiative by young Norwegian Muslims who wanted to show a united front against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq and their sympathizers in Norway.

Mehtab Afshar, head of the Islamic Council in Norway, told the crowd: "They stand for terrorism, they stand for terror ... and we condemn that in the strongest terms."

A small radical group in Norway has expressed support for Islamic State militants, angering moderate Muslims in immigrant communities in the country.

According to the Norwegian security service at least 50 people have left Norway to become foreign fighters for militant groups in Syria.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/25/norway-muslims-protest-islamic-state_n_5711107.html

Oklahoma Muslims Rally against ISIS

Oklahoma Muslims insist their beliefs do not coincide with those of radical extremists in the Middle East.

Today, they take a stand and say enough of being grouped with terrorists.

A rally was held at Penn Square Mall to protest ISIS and promote peace.

The rally was planned last week by people who feel passionately about their religion.

With all the controversy surrounding Islam, we decided to see what Oklahomans knew.

ISIS is a radical Muslim group that uses Islam to justify killings around the world.

But members of the Islam community insist not everyone sees the world through the ISIS lens.

“ISIS that what you see on TV, the radical group to Islam is like the KKK to Christianity. You might claim that the KKK is not a Christian organization but they went to church every Sunday and the cross was the biggest there is and they quoted the Bible they justify killing African-Americans through verses in the Bible,” senior Imam at the Greater Oklahoma Islamic Society, Imad Enchassi said.

We asked Oklahomans how much they know about Islam.

Some told us they had actually read the Quran.

“They’re pretty radical in the Quran so I can see where they got some of the radical beliefs but I do believe most Muslims are peaceful.” One man said.

Others were clueless about the religion but wanted to speak up.

“Just like any other religion you’re going to have people that get a little crazy and extreme and that’s not different than Christianity and God knows there are plenty of people who act that way,” another woman told us.

Then this came up.

“That nut representative, what he said is not true. I do you know that I do know that I know they’re not about killing Christians,” another lady says.

One woman said fast food was more likely to kill us then Muslims.

In the end, most people did not know much about Islam but Oklahomans we spoke with agree on this.

“I think most of them are loving and caring people and I feel bad they got such a bad name,” the man who read the Quran said.

Members of CAIR say they’ll continue to hold protests to promote peace.

http://kfor.com/2014/09/19/oklahoma-muslims-rally-against-isis/

Burn ISIS Flag Challenge started by Muslims outraged by Islamic State beheadings

Muslims outraged at the brutal beheadings carried out by Islamic State are expressing their disgust with their own version of the Ice Bucket Challenge - the Burn Isis Flag Challenge.

Activists in Lebanon have been using social media to share pictures and video of people setting fire to the black and white IS flag, after barbaric killings including those of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff.

Using the hastags #BurnISISFlagChallenge and #BurnISIS, activists then ask others to do the same.

One tweet said: "I nominate the whole world to the #BurnISISFlagChallenge. You have 24 hours. GO!!"

On a video of a burning flag, viewed more than 100,000 times, it also said: "ISIS are not ISLAM nor do they represent ISLAM and muslims."

The viral trend is thought to have been started by a group of Lebanese students outraged by the spread of IS in their country and the beheading of a Lebanese army officer.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/burn-isis-flag-challenge-started-4181631


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[pool_hustler]

I would like to think this might give those who label all muslims as terrorists and/or those who constantly bitch about how moderate muslims never speak out against terrorism/violence (despite mountains of prior evidence to the contrary) some pause for thought.

But I'd be willing to bet it won't.

 

[Stephen1956]

P.T. Barnum said, many years ago, "a sucker is born every minute". Con-men, like those leaders of ISIS, are no different than Adolf Hitler or Jim Jones, the "People's Temple" cult leader in South America. They prey upon young men, who succumb to their influence. Killing them off with bombs doesn't address the root cause of the problem; children taught that violence is the only way to resolve problems. The sooner we teach our children non-violence in our schools, the sooner we can live in peace.

 

[bobjustbob]

I would like to think this might give those who label all muslims as terrorists and/or those who constantly bitch about how moderate muslims never speak out against terrorism/violence (despite mountains of prior evidence to the contrary) some pause for thought.

But I'd be willing to bet it won't.

Reason being that there was no outcry from the community when old guys in wheelchairs were being pushed off of cruise liners, or when bombs were blowing up Philippine dance clubs, or westerners getting kidnaped. Now that it's their people getting heads lopped off we get the outrage. Now the Saudis and UAE decide to dust off their airplanes.

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

Reason being that there was no outcry from the community when old guys in wheelchairs were being pushed off of cruise liners, or when bombs were blowing up Philippine dance clubs, or westerners getting kidnaped. Now that it's their people getting heads lopped off we get the outrage. Now the Saudis and UAE decide to dust off their airplanes.

The Muslim community knows who the trouble makers are and fails to act.
The ball has always been in their court yet they continue to look the other way.

 

[LunaMo]

Some of my mates believe that ISIS is controlled by the US, not sure what to think really, but I know US want Assad out

 

[Johan]

Some of my mates believe that ISIS is controlled by the US, not sure what to think really, but I know US want Assad out

I guess they also believe that 9/11 was an inside job and that Ossama Bin Laden was a CIA agent...

 

[dakdak]

holy shit are people really so stupid as to assume that all muslims are the same as ISIS?

i guess all christians are the same as the KKK

i guess all americans are the same as sarah palin

hey look i see an example of something terrible. and they mentioned that they think they are muslims. clearly all muslims are terrible.



how fucking stupid are people? is this really how people think?

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Muslims are encouraged by the koran to lie to non-believers in order to further their shitty brand of religion. It's called taqiyya. I can at least respect the Turks for saying no because they're not full of shit.

 

[Johan]

Muslims are encouraged by the koran to lie to non-believers in order to further their shitty brand of religion. It's called taqiyya. I can at least respect the Turks for saying no because they're not full of shit.

You know nothing about Islam. The same way that there are different "forms" of christianism (catholicism, Orthodoxims, Baptism, Calvinism, etc...) there are -at least- two "forms" of Islam : Shia and Sunni. Shiits, who were in a position of minority and persecuted by Sunnites "invented" Taqqiiyah in order to allow their members to protect themselves by hiding their true beliefs.


Taqiyah : Precautionary denial of religious belief in the face of potential persecution. Stressed by Shii Muslims, who have been subject to periodic persecution by the Sunni majority. The concept is based on Quran 3:28 and 16:106 as well as hadith, tafsir literature, and juridical commentaries.
http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e2338?_hi=0&_pos=1

Quran 3:28
Let not believers take disbelievers as allies rather than believers. And whoever [of you] does that has nothing with Allah , except when taking precaution against them in prudence. And Allah warns you of Himself, and to Allah is the [final] destination.

Quran 16;106
Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allah, and for them is a great punishment;

The concept of Taqqiyah doesn't exist in Sunni Islam, however, some Sunnites uses it in some misguided ways, for Jihad.
Don't tell me christians don't do the same. Don't tell me christians don't use some verses of the Bible to their advantage in a way that is not what Jesus died for, all religious people do that : They interpret their sacred book in the way that is convenient for them, they select the parts that fit their agenda and ignore the parts that do not fit.
Christians base their hatred towards gay people and homosexuality on the fact that it is said in the Old Testament that homosexuality is a sin. But it's also said that eating shellfish or pork is a sin...


By the way, both Al-Qaeda and ISIS are Sunnites


You say "Islam is not a religion of peace" ?Ok, then "I say there is no such thing as a religion of peace".
Or maybe all religions are of peace but all of them are perverted by men.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/011-taqiyya.htm

 

[Johan]

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/011-taqiyya.htm

This site is pure islamophobic propaganda, you cannot take is as a reliable source. I t doesn't not even mention the difference on the subject between Sunni and Shia

Anyway, I cannot understand how conservative americans, like you, who are proud of America's strength and think using that strength is the best way to defeat your enemies (much better than diplomacy or negociations) are so pissed off by a religion that says "When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible , and obligatory to lie if the goal is obligatory..." ? How is it possible that people like you prefer a religion that says " If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also." ?
In my view, Islam would fits your much more than christianism...

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Everything I need to know about Islam I learned thirteen years ago.

 

[Johan]

Everything I need to know about Islam I learned thirteen years ago.

Exactly, you know nothing. And even worst, you don't wanna learn anything.
An iraqi kid who saw his all family killed by some US missile 10 years ago id likely to join ISIS because he hates Americas for the same reason you hate Islam. The only difference is that you have access to the knowledge that would probably make you change your mind but you don't wanna learn (because it could make you realise the depth of your stupidity ?), while he doesn't have access to such knowledge.


Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
Plato

Nothing in all the world is more dad make you change your minde ?)gerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity
Martin Luther King Jr.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
James Madison