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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWall Street Journal: Muslim Leaders Condemn Attack, Warn on Anti-Islamic Sentiment in Europe
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by Joe Parkinson for the Wall Street Journal
Muslim leaders strongly condemned the deadly attack on offices of a French satirical magazine but at the same time, some cautioned that the rise of anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe risked strengthening support for jihadists across the continent.
In the capitals of Muslim nations, government ministers took to the airwaves to voice sympathy and solidarity with France after gunmen killed 12 people in the assault on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a magazine targeted in the past for cartoons that some Muslims found offensive
In Europe and the U.S., Muslim leaders called for tolerance while some mosques stepped up security in case of reprisal attacks. On social media sites Twitter and Facebook, Islamic organizations denounced the violence, with many using the top-trending #CharlieHebdo to express solidarity.
In Cairo, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt stands in Frances corner in a fight against terrorism that threatens global security and stability. That message was echoed by the governments of Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and in Iraq, where authorities are waging war against extremist group Islamic State with expanding air and ground support from a U.S.-led international coalition.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the attack as terrorism in a message to French President François Hollande, and said such heinous crimes are condemned by morality and religion.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/muslim-leaders-condemn-attack-warn-on-anti-islamic-sentiment-in-europe-1420654885
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Wall Street Journal: Muslim Leaders Condemn Attack, Warn on Anti-Islamic Sentiment in Europe (Original Post)
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2015
OP
Yeah, I'm totally and foremost concerned about anti-Islamic sentiment today.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2015
#1
Well they may have a point about the rising backlash against Islam in Europe.
pennylane100
Jan 2015
#6
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Yeah, I'm totally and foremost concerned about anti-Islamic sentiment today.
This shit is getting old.
LeftishBrit
(41,208 posts)2. Here is the Muslim Council of Britain on the subject
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)3. kik
Ykcutnek
(1,305 posts)4. Anti-freedom sentiment is more troubling at the moment.
Woe is us, from the usual suspects.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)5. Too little too late!
They may condemn the attack, but it remains ingrained in their culture that depicting Mohammed or even mentioning the Legendary Mohammed in a critical way deserves punishment.
Muslims are the ones who need to get their own cultures up to modern speed.
pennylane100
(3,425 posts)6. Well they may have a point about the rising backlash against Islam in Europe.
Unfortunately, this message may be drowned out by another relevant concept that would silence their message, "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones"