October 8, 2015

THE REFORMATION IS LED FROM THE ANGLOSPHERE:

Imam network launches site to counter Isis propaganda : Online magazine Haqiqah aims to show that extremist group's message has no theological basis (Alexandra Topping,  7 October 2015, The Guardian)

Qari Asim, senior imam at the Makkah mosque in Leeds, said the community was determined to be proactive in countering extremism.

"Any solution to the problem of extremism has to come from the community," he said. "The Muslim community has suffered more at the hands of these extremists than anyone else. It is not in our interests at all to condone what they are saying, it brings our faith into disrepute, it poisons our young people and it fuels anti-Muslim sentiment."

The second issue of Haqiqah, launched on Thursday - the first edition was downloaded 75,000 times - focuses on the ideological and practical failure of Isis to created a caliphate. Clerics argue that the biggest mass migration into Europe since the second world war proves that Isis have only succeeded in spreading terror and hatred.

Writing in the magazine, Mohamed el-Sharkawy, of al-Azhar College of Islamic Studies, says: "Under Daesh [Isis] rule we have seen indiscriminate mass murder (Muslims and non-Muslims), the killing of imams and scholars that exposed them for the irreligious beings they are, the corruption of sacred laws, the destruction of mosques and places of worship, the unjustifiable enslavement of innocent young girls.

"Time and time again the Qur'an and the prophetic teachings implore us to act in moderation, to act in kindness and with justice. Nowhere in the Islamic tradition do we see any justification for what Daesh are doing."

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