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>From: arsim71@bellsouth.com
>To: arsimc@hotmail.com
>Subject: A washingtonpost.com article from: arsim71@bellsouth.com
>Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:10:00 -0500 (EST)
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>  To view the entire article, go to 
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10774-2003Feb14.html
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>  Islam Says Otherwise
>
>
>  Muqtedar Khan, the director of international studies at Adrian College in 
>Adrian, Mich., felt  compelled to reply to the videotape, broadcast last 
>week, of Osama bin Laden calling on Iraqis to carry out suicide missions 
>against Americans. His "Memo to Mr. bin Laden: Go to Hell!" is, he says, an 
>American Muslim's response to the "fugitive terrorist." Khan, the author of 
>"American Muslims: Bridging Faith and Freedom" (Amana),  posted this memo 
>on his Web site, Ijtihad.org.
>
>  Mr. bin Laden, in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most 
>Benevolent,
>
>  I begin by reciting some important principles of Islam to remind you that 
>there is more to Islam than just a call to arms.
>
>  1. Islam was sent as mercy to humanity (Quran 4:79).
>
>  2. Do not make mischief on the earth (Quran 29:36).
>
>  3. People, we have created you from a male and a female, and made you 
>into nations and tribes that you might know one another. The noblest of you 
>before God is the most righteous of you (49:13).
>
>   4. There are among the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) 
>upstanding nations that recite the message of God and worship throughout 
>the night, who believe in God, who order honor and forbid dishonor and 
>hasten to do good works. These are the righteous (3:113-114).
>
>  I am writing this to make clear that there are Muslims in America and in 
>the world who despise and condemn extremists and have nothing to do with 
>you, and those like you, for whom killing constitutes worship.
>
>  Islam was sent as mercy to humanity and not as an ideology of terror or 
>hatred. It advocates plurality and moral equality of all faiths (Quran 
>2:62, 5:69). To use Islam to justify declaring Armageddon against all 
>non-Muslims is inherently un-Islamic -- it is a despicable distortion of a 
>faith of peace.
>
>  One of Allah's 99 names in the Quran is "Al Salam," which means "peace." 
>Thus, in a way, Muslims are the only people who actually worship peace. 
>Today this claim sounds so empty, thanks to people like you, Mr. bin Laden. 
>You and those like you are dedicated to killing and bringing misery to 
>people wherever they are. God blessed you with the capacity to lead and 
>also endowed you with enormous resources. You could have used your 
>influence in Afghanistan to develop it, to bring it out of poverty and show 
>the world what Islam can do for those who believe in it. You chose to 
>provoke and bring war to a people who had already been devastated by wars.
>
>  Yes, many innocent people lost their lives in America's war on 
>Afghanistan and many more might lose their lives in Iraq. This is indeed 
>regrettable. But we must never forget that the West is divided and 
>agonizing over this decision to go to war in Iraq. While many Americans and 
>Europeans oppose the war, Muslim nations have already agreed to cooperate 
>in this war. No Muslim leader has tried to play the role of a statesman on 
>this issue. It is a tragedy that there is not a single Ted Kennedy, Jimmy 
>Carter or Nelson Mandela in the entire Muslim world who would stand up and 
>speak for justice!
>
>  Before we rush to condemn America we must remember that even today 
>millions of poor and miserable people all across the world are lining up 
>outside U.S. embassies eager to come to America, not just to live here but 
>to become Americans. No Muslim country today can claim that people of other 
>nations and other faiths see in it the promise of hope, equality, dignity 
>and prosperity.
>
>  Yes, we American Muslims will continue to challenge the Bush 
>administration's proposal to wage war against Iraq. Many of us think a 
>regime change in Washington is as necessary as a regime change in Baghdad, 
>but that is an intramural affair. Once the war is declared, make no 
>mistake, Mr. bin Laden (you, too, Mr. Saddam Hussein), we are with America. 
>We will fight with America and we will fight for America. We have a 
>covenant with this nation, which we see as a divine commitment, and we will 
>not disobey the Quran (9:4) -- we will fulfill our obligations as citizens 
>to the land that opened its doors to us and promised us equality and 
>dignity even though we are of a different faith. I am sure, Mr. bin Laden, 
>you can neither understand nor appreciate this willingness to accept and 
>welcome the other.
>
>  Sure, at this moment, out of anger, frustration and fear, some in America 
>have momentarily forgotten their own values. I am confident that, God 
>willing, this moment of shock and insecurity will pass and America will 
>once again become the beacon of freedom, tolerance and acceptance that it 
>was before Sept. 11th. On that day, Mr. bin Laden, you not only killed 
>nearly 3,000 innocent Americans, many of whom were Muslims, but you signed 
>the death warrants of many other innocent people who will die in this war 
>on terror and many more who will suffer the pain and the misery of war. 
>Before Sept. 11th, the United States was giving tens of millions of dollars 
>in aid to Afghanistan and was content to wait for the Iraqi people to free 
>themselves and the rest of the world from their dictator. On that day you 
>changed the rules of the game, and Muslims in many places are suffering as 
>a result.
>
>  When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his companions fought 
>in the name of Islam, Allah made them victorious and glorified them in this 
>world. They made Islam the currency of human civilization for over a 
>millennium. You and your men on the other hand face nothing but defeat, 
>global ridicule and contempt and run and hide like rats in caves and 
>dungeons. You live in the dark. Your faith neither enlightens you nor 
>enables you to live in the light, and you have made Islam the currency of 
>hate and violence.
>
>  Let me tell you that I would rather live in America under Ashcroft and 
>Bush at their worst than in any "Islamic state" established by ignorant, 
>intolerant and murderous punks like you and Mullah Omar. The United States 
>-- its Patriot Act notwithstanding -- is still a more Islamic (just and 
>tolerant) state than Afghanistan ever was under the Taliban. Remember this: 
>Muslims from all over the world who wished to live better lives migrated to 
>America, and Muslims who only wished to take lives migrated to Afghanistan 
>to join you. We will not follow the desires of people (like you) who went 
>astray and led many astray from the Straight Path (Quran 5:77).
>
>  I conclude by calling upon you and your al Qaeda colleagues, and Mr. 
>Hussein, to surrender to an international court and take responsibility for 
>your actions and save thousands of other innocent Muslims from becoming the 
>victims of the wars you bring upon them.
>
>
>
>


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