Responses to Actual Extremist Statements & Incidents of Extremism or violence BY Muslims

compiled by Sheila Musaji

Last updated 4/27/08

7/7 bombings in London [1] (Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa), [2] (Anisa Abd el Fattah), [3] (Imam Faisan Abdul Rauf) [4] (Shahed Amanullah), [5]

9/11 [1] (American Muslim organizations) see also fatwas and terrorism - there were thousands of statements.

Abdurrahman Alamoudi [1], [1a] (Shahed Amanullah)

Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali statement about improperly dressed women [1] (Firas Ahmad)

Abu Hamza al-Masri [1] (Inayat Bunglawala), [2] (Shahed Amanullah)

al-Muhajiroun extremist group led by Omar Bakri [1] (Shaikh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti), [2] (Shahed Amanullah)

Al-Qaeda generally [1] (Aisha Chowdury), [2] (CAIR), [3] (Soumaya Ghannoushi)

Al-Qaeda Suicide Bombing of Mosque in Pakistan: Utter Depravity

Al-Qaeda call to greet Pres. Bush with bombs in Palestine - [1] Imam Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini rejects this

Anti-Semitism [1] (Haris Aziz), [2] (Tariq Ramadan), [3] (Harun Yahya), [4] (Ali Eteraz)

Apostasy and Freedom of Faith in Islam Article Collection - Apostasy case in Afghanistan [2] (Irfan Yusuf), [3] (Ali Eteraz)

Mohammad Ashraf of ISNA Canada’s challenge to Laleh Bakhtiar’s Qur’an translation [1] (Sheila Musaji), [2] (Ingrid Mattson)

Sheikh Omar Bakri [1] (Inayat Bunglawala)

Bali bombings [1] (Yusuf al Qaradawi)

Beating of Anglican clergyman Michael Ainsworth in Britain [1], beating of Jewish Rabbinical assistant in Brooklyn [2] (CAIR)

Beslan massacre in Russia [1] (Yusuf Islam), [2] (Muslim Brotherhood), grand Mufti of Chechnya declares a Jihad against terrorists [3], [4] (Dr. Robert D. Crane)

Benazir Bhutto assassination - [1] (Hesham A. Hassaballa), [2] MPAC, [3] ISNA, [4] Imam Yahya Hendi

Osama bin Laden [1] (Abdal Hakim Murad) - fatwas against OBL [2], [2a] - condemned by Pres. Muhammad Khatami of Iran [3], [4] (Dr. Abdul Cader Asmal), OBL’s “fatwa” [5] (Shahed Amanullah)

Cab drivers in Minnesota refusing to carry passengers with blind dogs [1] other drivers offered free rides, and [1A] (Muqtedar Khan) - Cab drivers in Minnesota refusing to carry passengers with alcohol [2] (Mike Ghouse)

Cartoon controversy and violent protests [1] (Ibrahim Hooper), [2] (Khalil Bendib), [3], Extremist signs and posters at cartoon protest [4]

Darfur genocide claims and [2], [3], [4] (ISNA)

DawaNet organization [1] (Sheila Musaji)

Divorces given in anger (talak) [1] (Asghar Ali Engineer)

Domestic violence and abuse in the Muslim community - article collection - murder of Shahpara Sayeed in Chicago [1] (Sound Vision)

Egypt bomb attack [1] (ISNA)

Extremist Fatwas - Nigerian scholars fatwa calling for journalists death [1], – Saudi fatwa against writers [2], extremist fatwas generally [3] (500 scholars signed), MAS fatwa on cab drivers and alcohol [4] (Muqtedar Khan)

Extremist ideology [1] (Quilliam Foundation), [2] (Abukar Arman)

Extremist Imams [1] (British Council of Imams), [2] (Mona Eltahawy)

Sheikh Abdullah Faisal [1] (Yusuf Smith)

Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam (NOI) [1] (Shahed Amanullah)

Fatwas against extremism and terrorism

Female genital mutilation, fatwas against [1] (International Muslim scholars including Mohammed Sayed Tantawi and Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt), [2] (Sheikh Omar Ahmed, Sweden)

Forced marriages [1], [2]

Fort Dix terror plot [1] (ISNA)

French Riots over cartoons , article collection [1] - fatwa against [2], [3] (ISNA)

Sheik Muhammad Al-Gamei’a, the former Imam of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York bigoted statement [1] (Muqtedar Khan)

“Shaikh” Abdullah Faisal, who is he? [1] (Yusuf Smith)

Glasgow terror plot [1] (Islamic Medical Assoc. of N. America), [2] (ISNA)

Sheikh Haron, a fake Sheikh? [1]

Sheikh Hilaly of Australia [1] (Irfan Yusuf)

Hizbut ut Tahrir extremist group [1] (Zahed Amanullah)

Holocaust denial [1] (Sheikh Hamza Yusuf), [2] (Hasan Zillur Rahim), [3] (Ibrahim Ramey), [4] (Masood Cajee)

Honor Killings - Imam Zaid Shakir - Aqsa Parvez murdered by her father for not wearing hijab [1] Sheila Musaji, [2] Achelois, [3] Muslim Matters, [4] editorial, [5] (Shahed Amanullah), fatwa against [6] (Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah), [6a] (Muslim Council of Britain), [7] (Muslim Womens League) - killing of Ghazala Khan in Denmark [8] (Rafia Zakariya) - killing of Benaz Mahmod in London [9] (Rafia Zakaria)

Hostage taking and kidnapping - fatwas against [1] (Sheikh Farraz Rabbani), [1a] Yusuf al Qaradawi) - kidnapping of Clementina Cantoni in Iraq, fatwa issued against [2] - Kidnapping of Kate Burton in Gaza [3] (MCB) - Kidnapping of Norman Kember in Iraq [4] (MCB) - Taliban taking of Korean hostages in Afghanistan [5] - Kidnapping of Alan Johnston in Gaza [6] (Ramzy Baroud) - Kidnapping of Jill Carroll [7] (collection of statements), [7a] (ICNA), kidnapping of two Fox News journalists, Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig in Palestine [8] (ISNA)

Houses of Worship – churches, synagogues, temples – fatwa forbidden to harm even during war [1] (Sheikh Yusuf al Qaradawi), [1a] (Indian scholars) - Churches destroyed in Palestine [2] CAIR - Synagogues destroyed in Gaza [3] Hesham Hassaballa, [3a] (Farhan Memon) - Synagogue bombing in Tunisia [4] (Sheikh Yusuf al Qaradawi) - Destruction of Hindu Temple in Lahore [5] (World Muslim Congress) - Burning of Nigerian churches [6] (CAIR) - Torching of Ahmadiyya Mosque in Indonesia [7] (Robert Salaam), [7a] (Mike Ghouse)

Iran - “Zanan” Magazine closure in Iran [1] (Margot Badran), 15 detained British Sailors [2] (MCB), encouragement of muta marriages [3] (Ziauddin Sardar) - Holocaust Denial Conference [4] (AAIUSA) - encouragement of muta marriages [4] (Ziauddin Sardar)

Islamic Thinkers Society hijacking of NY Muslim Day Parade [1] (Sheila Musaji)

Jewish Federation in Seattle Murders [1] (MPAC), [2] (AAIUSA), [3] (CAIR), [4], (Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa)

Lebanon bombing misrepresentation in news photograph (Jonathan Cooke)

Majlis, South Africa [1] (Sheila Musaji)

Malaysian judge ordering Christian paper to stop referring to God as Allah - Copyright Allah, Ali Eteraz - Do Malaysian Muslims understand what Allah means?, (Farish A. Noor)

Malaysian Bible confiscation incident [1] (Farish A. Noor)

Malaysian decision to enforce Shariah punishments on non-Muslims also who are involved with mixing of the sexes with Muslims [1] (Farish A. Noor)

Mumbai bombings [1] (CAIR)

Murder of Eugene Armstrong in Iraq [1] (CAIR), Murder of Nick Berg [2] (Shahed Amanullah), [2a], Murder of Margaret Hasan in Iraq [3] (CAIR), Murder of Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia [4], [4a] (CAIR), Murder of Daniel Pearl [5] (Ali Khan), Murder of Theo Van Gogh [6], [6a] (Zahed Amanullah)

multiculturalism aids terrorism claim (Yusuf Smith)

Taslima Nasreen incident in India and [2] , [3] Deobandi Mufti’s criticize fatwa against her

Nigeria - Amina Lawal death sentence for adultery [1] (Shahed Amanullah), [1a] (Nigerian scholars), Sharia court overturns decision [1b]

Non-violence, Muslim Voices Promoting Islamic Non Violent Solutions - article collection

Jose Padilla case [1] (Shahed Amanullah), [2] (Zahed Amanullah)

Pakistan - rape case of Mukhtaran Mai [1] (CAIR-Can), [1a] - St. Dominic’s Church Massacre [2] (CAIR-CAN) - Hindu man beaten to death for “blasphemy” [3] (Ali Eteraz), [3a] (Ishtiaq Ahmed) - Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) crisis [4] (Rafia Zakaria)

Partitions in mosques separating men and women [1]

PEW study on American Muslim attitudes [1] (Ingrid Mattson ISNA), [2] (Hesham Hassaballa), [3] (Shahed Amanullah), [4] (Ali Eteraz) [5], [6],

Qur’an & Hadith Against Extremism - Hilali-Khan Qur’an translation [1] (Sheila Musaji), [2] (Dr. Robert D. Crane) - “New and revised” edition of Yusuf Ali’s translation [3] (Imad ad Dean Ahmad)

Quotes by Muslims against terrorism and extremism - A-K, and L-Z

Racism in Muslim community, Jihad against racism [1], [1a) (Sound Vision)

Saudi sentencing of rape victim - [1] (Faruq ‘Abd al Haqq, [2], (Mona Eltahawy), [3] Spirit 21, [4]> (Aisha Schwartz), [5] (David Liepert)

Saudi Destruction of Muslim Historical Sites, Sheila Musaji and [2] Saeed Shehabi

Saudi Forced divorce case - Aishah Schwartz

Saudi fatwa denouncing Hezbolla - Yaqub Shah

Saudi incident where schoolgirls burned alive - [1], [2] (Ambreen Syed)

Saudi destruction of Hindu Temple in Riyadh and deportation of worshippers [1] (Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa)

Derrick Shereef terror plot against Illinois mall [1]

Statements by Muslim organizations against terrorism and extremism

Statements and articles by individuals against extremism and terrorism

Sudan Teddy Bear incident - Sheila Musaji, Hasan Zillur Rahim, Ibrahim Hooper, Mirza Beg, MPAC-UK, Irfan Yusuf, Soumaya Ghannoushi, Osama Saeed, Mahir Ali

Suicide bombing [1] (Dr. Maher Hathout), Suicide bombing in Demona [2] (Khaled Hamid) - fatwas [3] (Sheikh M. Sayyed Tantawi), [4] (Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa)

Tablighi Jamaat [1] (Zahed Amanullah)

Taliban destruction of Buddhist Statues - Haroon Siddiqui, [2] (Islamic scholars), [3] (Michael Young)

Taliban ideology [1] (Laila al-Marayati)

Taliban and women [1] (Dr. Hassan Hathout)

Sulejman Talovic, Salt Lake City Mall murderer [1] (Hesham Hassaballa)

Terrorism - resource collection of article collections including fatwas, statements by individuals and organizations, etc. - Not in the name of Islam ads [1]

Train bombing in India [1] (MCB)

Tunisian hijab ban [1] (ISNA)

Undercover mosque documentary and extremist Imams [1] (Sheila Musaji)

Wahhabi’s [1]

Wikipedia entry with pictues of Prophet Muhammad protested by some [1] Sheila Musaji, [2] Br. Yursil

WMD’s illegal [1] (Mohammed Khatami)

Yeshiva massacre in Jerusalem by Hamas [1] (Dr. Robert D. Crane)

(Editors note:  Before we split this topic into three sections we lost quite a bit of material.  We are working to get this all re-entered.) 12/07

SEE ALSO:
ISLAMOPHOBIA - RESPONSES (The responses section was divided into five sections on 12/16/07, and these sections were updated in 4/08)
- Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Islam and Muslims in General
- Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Qur’an Verses, Arabic Terms, Prophet Muhammad
- Responses to False Claims ABOUT Muslim Individuals & Organizations & Incidents Involving Muslims
- Responses to Actual Extremist Statements & Incidents of Extremism or violence BY Muslims
- Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations About Muslims

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