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CAIR-CAN condemns burning of Nigerian churchesMonday, February 20, 2006 2:06 pm
For immediate release (Ottawa, 2/20/06) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today condemned the burning of churches by Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. A number of people were killed or injured in the protests. The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) said attacks on churches or other houses of worship are prohibited in Islam and reiterated its condemnation of all violent acts in response to the Danish cartoon controversy. "Like the Caliph Umar who refused to pray in a Jerusalem church because his followers might then be tempted to turn it into a mosque, Muslims have a religious duty to respect and protect all houses of worship," said CAIR-CAN Executive Director Riad Saloojee. Salojee cited chapter two, verse 69 of the Quran, Islam's revealed text, which states: "Those who believe (in the Quran), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians. . .all who believe in God and the last day and work righteousness shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve." CAIR-CAN has published opinion pieces on the cartoon controversy in seven papers nationwide. For our latest op-ed published in the Globe and Mail, entitled "The challenge to Muslims," see: http://www.caircan.ca/oped_more.php?id=2321_0_10_0_M For more information, contact Halima Mautbur at 613.254.9704. |
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