Muslim Voices Against Extremism and Terrorism - Part III Statements & Articles by Individuals

compiled by Sheila Musaji

updated 3/22/08

STATEMENTS BY INDIVIDUALS

American Muslim Petition to Saudi Arabia objecting to forced divorces and demanding reform

Abdullah, Aslam Anatomy of Violence 6/05

Abdullah, Aslam Letter to Al Qaeda: Kill Us Too, We Are Also Americans

King Abdullah (Jordan) urges Muslims to unite against extremism 12/05

Abdullah, Aslam Whither Muslims? 2/06

Abdullah, Aslam, In Whose Name Do Suicide Bombers Kill?

Abdullah, Aslam - Anatomy of Violence

Abu-Nimer, Muhammad - Values of Peacebuilding and Non-Violence in Islam.

Adi, Imam Tammam - Fanatics and Terrorists are Misguided 9/02

Adi, Imam Tammam - on War 5/2003

Afflito, Frank M. – A Condemnation of Al Qaeda 9/02

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Akgunduz, Rector, Islamic University of Rotterdam Netherlands - A Muslim cannot be a Terrorist and a Terrorist cannot be a Muslim

Ahmad, Dr. Imad ad-Deen - Islam Demands a Muslim Response to 9/11 (U.S.) 8/02

Ahmed, Parvez, Islam has no ties to terrorism 7/07

Akhter, Javeed - Does Islam Promote Violence? (U.S.) 8/02

Alawan, Raad - Can One Friendship Save The World?

Al-Oudah, Sheikh Salman ibn Fahad, Saudi Arabia - statement rejecting bin Laden and al Qaeda 2007

Ali, Syed Mumtaz - against terrorism (Canada) 9/01

Al-Rashed, Imam Abdel Rahman - Innocent Religion Is Now a Message of Hate

Alam, M. Shahid - Dialectics of Terror

Ali, Muhammad – condemns 9/11 attacks

Al-Qaradawi, Shaykh Yusuf Jihad Renegotiated.  3/08 he urges the release of the Austrians being held by al Qaeda.

Al Qazwini, Imam Sayed Moustafa rejects Al-Qaeda call to greet Pres. Bush with bombs in Palestine

Al-Rashed, Abdul Rahman Generalizing the Islamic Label

Sayid Imam al-Sharif - former terrorist writes refutation based on Islam of former position as an al Qaeda member

Amanullah, Shahed Massacre in Ossetia, How Did It Come to This?

Amanullah, shahed A Murder in Saudi, It’s our Problem Too

Amanullah, Shahed The Extremists Among Us

Amjad, Moiz, Refutation of Bin Laden’s fatwa

Arab and Muslim reactions to Beslan massacre

Arjomand, Said Can Rational Analysis Break a Taboo?

Asmal, Abdul Cader - Bin Ladenism, the Heresy That Must Be Exposed 3/06

Athar, Dr. Shahed We Must Love Others To Be Loved By God

Azam, Hina Terrorism, A Return to Jahiliyya 8/05

Aziz, Harris (U.S.) against Anti-Semitism Amongst Muslims 3/06

Badawi, Jamal - Bin Laden’s view of jihad not Islamic

Badawi, Zaki - Terrorism has no place in Islam,” (Britain) 9/01

Baig, Khaled What Does Islam Teach About Justice?

Bakkar-Poe, Aisha, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. - “Those terrorists must be reading a completely different Quran than the rest of us.  This isn’t about Islam. It’s about terrorism.”

Barlas, Asma Interpretation and Exceptionalism

Beg, Mirza - Islam does not condone gangsters

Benhabib, Seyla Unholy Politics

Brown, Yasmine Alibhai Chechen Case Is Now Poisoned

Cajee, Mas’ood - Hope, Not Hate: On the future of Western-Muslim World Relations

Cornell, Vincent Jihad, Islam’s Struggle for Truth

Crane, Dr. Robert D. - Hudna or Apocalypse: A Tipping Point for Palestine? 

Crane, Dr. Robert D. - Hudna: Those who live by the sword will die by it

Crane, Dr. Robert Islam, Terrorism, and the Separation of Church and State

Crane, Dr. Robert D. The Analogical Bird of Abu Nur

Crane, Dr. Robert D. Counter-Terrorism 201 3/05

Crane, Dr. Robert D. Religious Extremism 9/02

Crane, Dr. Robert D. Waging Jihad Against Muslims Who Hijack Islam 7/06

Crane, Dr. Robert D. Taproot to Terrorism 6/05

Crane, Dr. Robert D. - Economic Justice: A Cure for Terrorism

Crane, Dr. Robert D. The Mission of Imams in America: Marginalizing Extremists by Revealing the Real Truth About Muhammad 6/07

Darwish, Mahmoud - Nothing Justifies Terrorism

Diab, Khaled - A Song for the Deaf

Dixon, Richard L – Not In My Name

Shirin Ebadi protests amputation punishment in Iran

El Amin, Imam Plemon - A Muslim Voice Against Terrorism

El Fadl,Khaled Abou-Islam and the Theology of Power – against terrorism 0/04

El Fadl, Khaled Abou – Terrorism is at odds with Islamic tradition 8/01

Elmasry, Mohamed – Does the Qur’an Sanction Violence? 9/02

Elmasry, Mohammad – Jihad Means Waging Peace and Justice

Engineer, Dr. Ali Asghar Fundamentalism and Extremism

Faroutan, Naika - A Dialogue of the Cultures Instead of the Clash of Civilisations

Gatto, Omar - Bizarro Ummah

Hajoo, Imam Jamil Abdul (U.S.) - Terrorism not a doorway to heaven 9/01

Hai, Iftekhar - Building Bridges and Interfaith Harmony - India-Pakistan Trip Report

Hassaballa, Hesham (U.S.) On multi culturalism

Hassaballa, Dr. Hesham A. - My Perpetual Condemnation

Hassaballa, Hesham, Going After the Devil (results of PEW poll) 5/07

Hassaballa, Hesham - Violence Extinguishes the Light of Islam

Hasan, Jehanzeb - Confronting the Monolith: The Struggle Against Islamophobia and Osamaism

Hasan, Khalid Hijackers of Islam

Hassaballa, Hesham And the Difference Is ...? 7/05

Hassaballa, Dr. Hesham - Are We Really supposed to Kill All the Infidels?

Hassaballa, Dr. Hesham From Uhud to Beslan

Hassaballa, Dr. Hesham - Are We Really supposed to Kill All the Infidels?

Hassaballa, Dr. Hesham – Do Not Let Hatred Drive You to Injustice

Hassaballa, Dr. Hesham Muslim Terrorists - Ultimate Betrayal

Dr. Hesham Hassaballa Violence Extinguishes the Light of Islam

Hassan, Khalid - the Hijackers of Islam

Hassan, Usama Great Britain - What Islam really says about violence, human rights, and other religions 7/07

Hathout, Dr. Maher Calling on the Ulema

Hathout, Maher ‘Terrorism is the lousiest shortcut to failure’

Hathout, Maher The Suicide Culture and Islam

Helminski, Sheikh Kabir - Dialogue of Civilizations and Globalization of Spirit

Henzell-Thomas, Jeremy - Islamic or Muslim Terrorism or Extremism: a Contradiction in Terms

Hooper, Ibraham (US) American Muslims Denounce Terrorism

Ibrahim, Anwar (Malaysia)

Iftikhar, Arsalan Devoted to My Faith and Country

Imtiaz, S.M. Events of September 11th

Islahi, Shaikh M. Yusuf (U.S.)

Islam, Yusuf (Britain)

Jackson, Dr. Sherman - Jihad and the Modern World [2] what does Islam say about violence, apostasy, and women’s rights

Janmohammed, Shelina Zahra - Not in My Name - Saudi Rape Case

Kahf, Mohja - Make Holiday Cheer, not Holiday Wars!

Kassim, Abubakar Extremism Is a Deadly Disease

Keller, Nu Ha Meem (U.S.)

Khaki, Jawad Interfaith Forum on Islam and Terrorism

Khan, Liaqat Ali - Morality, Terrorism, and the Laws of Motion

Liaquat Ali Khan - Perfidy of Pakistani Rulers

Khan, Ali - Attack on America: An Islamic Perspective (U.S.)

Khan, Badshah A Pacifist Uncovered

Khan, Muqtedar & Esposito, John The Threat of Internal Extremism

Khan, Muqtedar (U.S.) On Muslim taxi drivers refusal to carry passengers with alcohol

Khan, Muqtedar - Memo to bin Laden 2/03

Khan, Muqtedar - A memo to American Muslims

Khan, Muqtedar - Muslims Must Develop an Intolerance for Intolerance

Khan, Faiz - Aftermath at Ground Zero

Mahathir, Malaysian PM Condemns Attacks on Civilians

Mamood, Imam Sahib (U.S.) - Islam Under Attack 9/02

Manzoor, Dr. S. Parvez (Sweden) - Against the Nihilism of Terror

Maqsood, Ruquaiyah Waris On the Hijacking of Islam

Mattson, Ingrid Faith, Justice, and Terrorism

Mattson, Ingrid - American Muslims Have a ‘Special Obligation’ (U.S.) 10/01

Mattson, Ingrid A Response to the Pew study on American Muslim Attitudes 5/07

Manzoor, Dr. S. Parvez (Sweden)

Marwat, Dr Fazal-ur-Rahim - Remembering Abdul Ghaffar Khan: a Nonviolent Soldier

Memon, Kamran Can Only Muslims Be Terrorists

Minai, Ali Ahmed - A Time for Renewal

Minai, Ali Ahmed - A Time for Renewal (U.S.) 9/02

Motiar, Ahmed – The Real Meaning of Jihad

Muhaiyaddeen, Asma’el - An Open Letter to America and the World

Muhammad, Maulana Shafayat - Condemns call for holy war (U.S.) 10/01

Mujahid, Imam Abdul Malik - Treating Christmas with Respect

Mulkhan, Abdul Muneer Indonesia - What Islam really says about violence, human rights, and other religions

Murad, Abdul Hakim - Islamic Spirituality: the Forgotten Revolution

Murad, Abdul Hakim - What Islam really says about violence, human rights, and other religions

Murad, Abdul Hakim - Recapturing Islam From the Terrorists

Murad, Abdul Hakim - Muslim Terrorists Embrace a Very Secular Heresy

Murad, Abdal-Hakim against 9/11 (Britain)

Murad, Abdul Hakim - Bombing Without Moonlight 6/05

Murad, Sheikh Abdul Hakim - Bin Laden’s Violence Is a Heresy Against Islam (Britain)

Musaji, Sheila (U.S.) Statement on the Tragedy of September 11th

Musaji, Sheila Religious Terrorism Is An Oxymoron

Musaji, Sheila A Spiritual Jihad Against Terrorism - Part I to V

Musaji, Sheila Sunni Shia Unity

Musaji, Sheila Muslim Voices Against Terrorism Drowned in Clash of Civilizations Static

Musaji, Sheila (U.S.) Muslim Reactions to September 11th and Terrorism

Muzaffar, Chandra - Hegemony and Civilizational Dialogue

Musaji, Sheila (U.S.) Statement on September 11th

Musaji, Sheila Religious Terrorism Is an Oxymoron

Musaji, Sheila - The Death of Aqsa Parvez Should Be an Interfaith Call to Action

Musaji, Sheila (U.S.) A Spiritual Jihad Against Terrorism 8/05

Muwakkil, Salim Faith Based Violence and Religious Zealotry

Nadvi, Lubna - An Open Letter to Muslim Extremists Who Kill In Our Name

Nahdi, Fuad Bringing Back Real Islam

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein - Civilizational Dialogue and the Islamic World

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, Islam and the Question of Violence

Noor, Farish A. - Do Malaysian Muslims understand what ‘Allah’ means?

Noor, Farish - Malaysia’s Efforts at Countering Terrorism (Malaysia) 9/02

Noor, Farish Jihad in Islamist Political Discourse

Noor, Farish A. - Bhutto Assassination:  Muslim Governments Must Stop Playing with Fire

Noor, Dr. Farish A Brutal Murder

Olajuwon, Hakeem – condemns 9/11 attack

Omar, A. Rashied - A Muslims Anguish in the Midst of the Attack on America 9/02

Pickthal, Muhammad - Tolerance in Islam (Britain)

Poonawalla, Aziz - Bin Laden’s Fatwa, A Call to Harabah 2/03

Quraishi, Asifa - “Her Honor: An Islamic Critique of the Rape Laws of Pakistan from a Woman-Sensitive Perspective”

Rahman, Mushfiqur - From a Conflicting Past to a Future of Tolerance

Ramadan, Tariq Living Together Takes Effort - [2] What does Islam say about violence, human rights and other religions

Ramadan, Tariq - Muslims and Anti-Semitsm 7/07

Rashid, Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid - Fundamentals and Fundamentalism: A Parting of the Ways in Islam 9/02

Rahim, Hassan Zillur (U.S.) - American Muslims Struggle for the Soul of Islam 6/02

Rashid, Shaykh Ahmed Abdur - Letter on the Events of September 11th (U.S.) 8/02

Rauf, Imam Feisal Abdur (U.S.) - A Call to Conscience 2/06

Rauf, Imam Feisal Abdul - Bridging the Chasm Between East and West

Rauf, Imam Feisal What Is the Contribution of Religions Towards Peace?

Rehman, Mahbubur - Beware of Injustice, It’s Hell

Ricci, Omar - An American Muslim Prayer to Remember September 11th (U.S.) 8/02

Sabra, Khalila - Hajj, Saudi Arabia, Rape, & Prayer: A Muslim Feminist Outcry

Safi, Louay - Islam, World Peace and the Terrorism Discourse

Sachedina, Dr. Abdulaziz - Where Was God on September 11th (U.S.)

Saeed, Dr. Agha - against 9/11 (U.S.)

Saeed, Azzam Finding Good in Evil

Safi, Louay - Beyond the condemnation of terrorism

Sardar, Ziauddin 9/01 (Britain)

Sardar, Ziauddin When the Innocent Are Murdered We All Go Into the Dark With them

Sardar, Ziauddin 9/01 (Britain)

Schleifer, S. Abdullah (Egypt) Confronting Our Own Demons 1/06

Sehgal, Ikram – 9/11 a Dastardly Act 9/01

Shahabuddin, Syed - “Global war against terrorism – the Islamic dimension,” 11/01

Shakir, Imam Zaid - against honor killings 1/08

Shaheen, Sultan-Jihadism is Kufr, Not Islam (Pakistan) 12/99 Siddiqui, Abdul-Hamid – What Islam Actually Says About Killing Innocents

Shakir, Imam Zaid – On the terrorist attacks

Shakir, Imam Zaid We Are All Collateral Damage

Siddiqui, Dr. Muzammil - Jihad, Its True Meaning and Purpose (U.S. 9/02

Siddiqui, Dr. Muzammil Statement on Nuclear Disarmament 6/06

Siddiqui, Muzammil Healing Our Brokeness

Siddiqui, editor of Crescent International (Britain) - against terrorism 2/02

Siddiqui, Habib When Criminals and Demons Rule Our World 8/06

Sohail, Dr. Khaled - Fundamentalism and violence

Squires, Abdur Rahman - Monkey See, Monkey Do, Not an Islamic Ideal

Sullivan, Antony - Terrorism, Jihad and the Struggle for New Understandings (Britain) 12/02

Syed, Ibrahim Is Killing an Apostate in the Islamic Law?

Talal, Prince Denounces London Attacks

Talaat, Ahmed - Islam: The Hijacked Faith?

Wahaj, Imam Siraj – Violence against innocents violates Islamic Law 9/01

Wolfe, Michael - As the Smoke Begins to Clear (U.S.) 12/02

Wahid, Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Former President (Indonesia) speaks against terrorism

Yahya, Harun (Adnan Okhtar) (Turkey

Yahya, Harun – Murdering innocent people in the name of religion is wrong

Yusuf, Hamza – A Time for Introspection

Yusuf, Shaykh Hamza - Holocaust Denial Undermines Islam

Yusuf, Shaykh Hamza - America’s Tragedy

Yusuf, Shaykh Hamza VIDEO on Jihad. He takes the story of Prophet Musa (Moses) as an example to explain jihad.

See also:

CBS’s 60 Minutes interview on Sept 30, 2001 between Ed Bradley and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Siraj Wahaj, Dr. Farid Esack, Imam Faisal Abdur Rauf, Vali Nasir

American Muslim Resources - collections of articles and references by topic

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