"It is my hope that by attending this conference you will leave better than you come," Imam Johari Abdul Malik told the crowd. "You and I must struggle to understand the Qur'an in our context. Islam can only be practised in the world we live in.
"Maybe it's time to save the ship to say that I am going to take an oath to be non-violent," he said, speaking of the widespread violence in the world by Muslims against other Muslims.
"And that I refuse as a Muslim to kill another Muslim and also as a Muslim to defend the rights of others." He added that he thought Islam should not be practised as it was 10 centuries ago. [Toronto Star] Read more
"I refuse as a Muslim to kill another Muslim" .... Here is another case where a supposedly moderate Muslim confidently and conspicuously leaves wide open the implication that the killing of non-Muslims is of no concern or is permissible, or, perhaps, is at best subject to a different set of standards than the killing of a Muslim.
.... On the surface some of the rhetoric sounded benign, almost encouraging, but when you read it slowly and absorb every word, there was nothing new or inspirational. It was an insult to Christians to have the conference on Christmas …. Nothing was stated that could be considered reformative or conducive to alternate interpretations of islam's bellicose, intolerant doctrine. [Jihad Watch] Read more
