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Below you will find an illustration as to why there is so little success in appealing to "moderate" Muslims to renounce terrorism and radical ("pure") Islam. It is the text of remarks made at the 2007 West Zone Conference of the Muslim Students Association (MSA), held at University of California-Berkeley. The remarks were delivered by Amir Mertaban, president of MSA West. Lee Harris, in his recent book The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West, writes that historically attempts to "modernize" or "reform" Islam have met with limited success. Islam is a religion that demands subordination of the individual to the group, to the extent that the Qu'ran calls for the punishment of death for any Muslim who leaves the faith and becomes an apostate. With such pressure to submit to the group, it should not be surprising that it is rare to find a Muslim willing to openly and publicly challenge the Islamic ideology of jihad. Simply "denouncing" acts of terror are insufficient. When "moderate" Muslims begin to rise up and renounce the hundreds of passages in the canon of Islam that call for jihad and subjugation of infidels, then we will know they are serious about "reform." MSA's Mertaban on Bin Laden April 13, 2007 MSA held their 2007 West Zone Conference in April 2007 at UC-Berkeley. Amir Mertaban, the president of MSA West, gave a speech entitled "Methods of Da'wah." In his speech, Mertaban said the following of Osama bin Laden, polygamy, and jihad: Mertaban: "War in Iraq or Afghanistan or Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein. Don't ever compromise on Islam! And don't ever compromise on your Muslim brothers and sisters in which you have no evidence. Osama bin Laden- I don't know this guy. I don't know what he did. I don't know what he said. I don't know what happened. But we defend Muslim brothers and we defend our Muslim sisters to the end. Is that clear? [Emphasis added]. I am not saying support terrorist acts. I am not saying any of that. I am saying generally speaking. If a man comes and robs a store - if you're going to rob the store, go ahead and rob the store, are we going to condemn him? No, you support your Muslim brothers whether it is right or wrong. [Emphasis added]. When they do wrong you grab them and you slap some sense into them, you're doing wrong. You see what I am saying. So you never compromise on your faith. [Emphasis added]. You be confident in every aspect of life. In every aspect of Islam you are confident. Four wives? Yes men are allowed to have four wives within this context. Jihad? Yes Jihad! Jihad is the tightest thing in Islam. Don't compromise on these little things. [Emphasis added]. Be proud of it. Why? Because Islam is a perfect religion. If you sit here and you start saying, 'Jihad is only an internal this and that,' you are compromising on your faith." [Emphasis added]. This item is available on the The Investigative Project on Terrorism website, at http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/251 |
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