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US Muslims TV ad condemns London bombings |
Washington / AFP
07/15/2005
Muslims must not let extremists hijack their faith, a prominent American Islamic group warned Wednesday in a television public service announcement issued in the wake of the London bombings.
Stung by criticisms that Islamic leaders have not done enough to condemn the blasts blamed by police on British Muslims, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent the spot to television stations across the United States .
"We will not allow our faith to be hijacked by criminals," says one of the speakers on the advertisement, which features shots of Muslims speaking directly to the camera.
"Islam is not about hatred and violence; it is about peace and justice," says another of the featured speakers, a young woman.
Parvez Ahmed, CAIR board chairman, said the new TV spot was needed because persistent efforts by US Muslim leaders to condemn terror in the name of Islam had failed to penetrate public perceptions.
"We don't know why we are not breaking through that. Maybe the rising level of anti-Muslim rhetoric is drowning out our condemnation," said Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR's national communications director. |
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