Jihad Watch has a list of known Muslims "who have been arrested and/or convicted for either planning or acting out their 'jihad' against unsuspecting, innocent men, women and children." Click over there to read the list. It's disturbingly long, so give yourself time to view it.
Murder, arson, bombings, financing terrorism... All in a days work for the "moderate" American Muslim.
(Hat Tip: Jihad Watch)
A report on Tuesday in the Algerian newspaper el-Khabar said an al-Qaeda militant carried out a raid against a mosque in the Algerian province of al-Wadi on Sunday night and killed two men while they prayed.
According to the report, eyewitnesses said masked men entered the mosque as evening prayers were being held forcing everyone to fall to the ground.
The armed militants called for the two men, Harun Ahmad, and his cousin, Harun Abdel Jabbar, to step forward. They were then taken to the courtyard in the mosque where they were shot to death as the killers, speaking in an Algerian dialect, said: "We kill you with God's consent."
The two victims were part of a group of moderate Salafites who are opposed to the terrorist activities carried out by the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb group.
http://www.adnkronos.com - Algeria: Al-Qaeda attacks moderates
We must understand the nature of the man behind Islam to know what Islam means.
Mohammad, the self-styled ‘prophet’, was a Killer. Not metaphorically, but literally. Mohammad actually committed the violence that the Koran preaches, and even had his critics killed. I don't give a rat's ass what out of context 'good' he may have done in light of this historical fact. Once a belief system sanctions violence against All those who are not under its control, any pretext at virtue is just that.
Moderate Muslims follow a fraction of Islamic teachings. Unknowingly, They have reformed Islam to a great length. For some Muslims it’s a culture rather than a religion. It’s fortunate that all Muslims do not act as Talibians. Their conscious and liberal mind grasps only the good part of the religion. They neither have the courage to follow true Islam nor they have the courage to stand up and reject Islam as a whole. They do not have the courage to follow true Islam because some of the teachings are violent, some are unrealistic and some are inappropriate. They can not reject Islam because they were born in a Muslim family, taught to fear the hellfire and they have the greed to go to a fantasyland called heaven. They are afraid to break the wall and scared to think differently. ARE THEY COWARD?
Dear moderate Muslim brothers and sisters, Please wake up. Take some time, Read Quran and ahadith by yourself. Don’t depend on opportunist clerics, use your own judgement and let’s prosper.
Excerpt from article by Sher Khan at Rational Thinking
Jamal has been held in a maximum-security jail since his arrest 17 months ago, with most of his detention spent in solitary confinement. He said the ordeal was trying.
"It was very ,very, very, very bad. It was a lot to hold ... if I didn't have my faith, I couldn't hold it," he said, before getting behind the wheel of a minivan and driving away.
Jamal was released on $100,000 bond, nearly three quarters of which was donated by members of the Muslim community, the Toronto Star reports.
He must remain under the supervision of six sureties, not use the Internet, and stay inside his home unless attending court, his lawyer's office and Friday prayer, the newspaper reports.
Reasons for the release cannot be reported due to a publication ban.
Farooq said his client is only looking at the possibility of 10 years in prison, if he's convicted.
"So our position is the quicker we move this forward, the quicker we can exonerate him and clear his name and he can move on with his life."
Jamal is the third adult suspect to be granted bail in the case. He was arrested in June 2006, along with 17 other suspects, four of them youths.
Police allege the accused, mostly Muslim men in their 20s, plotted to blow up buildings and behead the prime minister. Authorities also accuse the men of taking part in training activities in a cottage country town about 150 kilometres north of Toronto.
In September, the Crown filed a direct indictment, halting a preliminary hearing and pushing the case straight to trial.
As a result, the charges were stayed against the men and new charges were laid. The move allowed those in custody to apply for bail a second time.
Last month, Steven Chand, who has been identified as wanting to behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper, was denied bail for the second time.
Three youths charged in the case have had their charges against them stayed. The trial for the fourth youth, who is free on bail, is expected to begin in March.
Lawyers for the adult suspects say it could be years before their trial gets underway.
