Imam escapes Assassination in Bangledesh

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Jul 7, 2016

This guy is the type of man that's needed - and people should read about what he is doing.

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Maulana Masoud spoke out against last week's killings in Dhaka and also issued a fatwa on June 18 condemning violence committed in the name of Islam. He said he received a number of death threats, and was not surprised to find that he had been targeted for assassination Thursday.

"Since I began my campaign against terrorism, condemning the violent attacks and killings in the name of Islam as un-Islamic, through fatwa and in other ways, I have been receiving threats," he told VOA. "However, I shall all along stand by what I said against the Islamists, because my fatwa and other related statements are all based on the tenets of the Quran."

The Islamic scholar said he believes firmly that militants' "acts of ... mayhem and killing indeed go against the spirit of Islam,” and in fact are “attempts to distort the tenets of the Quran.” He said he would not be cowed by threats from Islamists.

“In the name of Islam, they are launching attacks near the holy site of the tomb of Prophet Muhammad," in Medina, Saudi Arabia, the imam told VOA. "They are violently targeting an Eid prayer congregation. They are the enemies of Islam and the Muslims. We have to unite to fight them.”

Maulana Arifuddin Maruf, prayer leader of Dhaka’s Circuit House Jame Masjid, said that it defied belief that groups claiming to be fighting for Islam could try to kill an imam and Islamic scholar who presented the Quranic interpretation of violent attacks against innocent people. "In harshest words we condemn such attacks,” Maulana Maruf told VOA.

Sheikh Hasina echoed the imams' denunciation of violence committed in the name of Islam. “Instead of taking part in an Eid prayer, they are planning to launch a violent attack to kill people there. I cannot figure out how these people call themselves Muslim,” the prime minister said.

"We are determined to fight on. We shall not allow Bangladesh to be a country of terrorists and militants,” she added.
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durvasa · Jul 7, 2016

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This guy is the type of man that's needed - and people should read about what he is doing.

http://www.voanews.com/content/anti...apes-deadly-attack-in-bangladesh/3408946.html
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Very courageous. He's putting his life at risk to do this.

Liberon · Jul 7, 2016

Thumbs Up!!!! Pro Peace!!!!

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