The Way of Islam by R. da - Costa Vaughan - HTML preview

SOME 14 AND A HALF CENTURIES LATER, ISLAM'S HISTORY  REMAINS PLAGUED & POCK-MARKED BY RELIGIOUSLY INSPIRED  ON-GOING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THREATS OF VIOLENCE

Sheikh Ashraf Saad from Egypt's al-Azhar on January 8, 2015: "But we can't exonerate the West for its insulting of the prophet.... Just as we condemn extremists, we must also condemn these freedoms that have reached the point of insulting the prophet." [ This is the persistent threat. ]

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Abdel Qader Achour, of Omar Ibn Al Khattab mosque not far from Charlie Hebdo's offices, insisted on January 9, 2015: "The people who carried out that attack in the name of Islam are not Muslims... The Prophet did not advocate violence against non-Muslims." [ This is the prevarication behind persistent threats. ]

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Supreme Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar in March 2001 issued an edict against un-Islamic graven images--all idolatrous images of humans and animals. As a result, the Taliban are destroying all ancient sculptures. [ This is the persistent threat actualized. ]