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Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by msmon(m): 9:30am On Feb 19, 2015 |
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Western and Muslim leaders to unite to defeat the “false promises of extremism” and reject jihadists’ claims to represent Islam. “The terrorists do not speak for a billion Muslims,” Obama told delegates from 60 countries at a White House summit on countering radicalism. “They try to portray themselves as religious leaders, holy warriors,” he said. “They are not religious leaders, they are terrorists.” In the wake of brutal jihadist attacks in Europe and the Middle East, Obama said more must be done to prevent groups like Islamic State and Al-Qaeda from recruiting and radicalizing. The battle, he said, was as much for hearts and minds as one waged by the military on the ground and in the air. The “ideologies, the infrastructure of extremists, the propagandists, the recruiters, the funders who radicalize and recruit or incite people to violence,” must be tackled, Obama said. He challenged critics at home and moderate governments abroad to undercut the jihadist narrative that there is a “clash of civilizations” between an anti-Muslim west and a radicalized Middle East. Domestically, Obama has been criticized for not describing the attacks in Denmark, France, Syria and Libya as the work of “Islamic radicals.” He chose to face down the critics Wednesday saying “we are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.” - Action plan - Top US diplomat John Kerry, who on Thursday will host a higher-level ministerial meeting aimed at drawing up an action plan, called it “the defining fight of our generation.” And he poured cold water on the notion that the thousands of foreign fighters flowing to the battlefields were all motivated by religious feelings. Two Britons, among about 4,000 Europeans who have joined IS in Iraq and Syria, had first bought copies of “Islam for Dummies” and “The Koran for Dummies,” he scoffed. But Kerry made it clear that “we’re here for a simple transcendent reason, to safeguard the future for our people,” saying groups like IS “want to drag us back literally into dark ages… obliterate knowledge as they destroy books and school rooms.” Communities in the United States and abroad must do their part, Obama said, stressing Al-Qaeda and IS “deliberately target their propaganda in the hopes of reaching and brainwashing young Muslims.” They do so through “high-quality videos, the online magazines, the use of social media, terrorists Twitter accounts — it’s all designed to target today’s young people online in cyberspace.” The summit has been in the pipeline for months, but took on greater significance after several attacks, including on a cultural center and on a synagogue in Copenhagen which left two people dead. Among those attending is Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, where attacks by Islamist gunmen last month on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly magazine and a kosher supermarket left 17 people dead. On Sunday, a video emerged apparently showing Islamic State jihadists beheading 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. Kerry said the challenge was to “coordinate almost as never before.” “The task before us is to combine the right partners, the right planning, the right degree of political commitment and over a sustained period of time we will win,” the veteran diplomat insisted. Sessions on Wednesday highlighted existing anti- extremist programs in Boston, Minneapolis–Saint Paul and greater Los Angeles, which involve community policing and other tactics. The US State Department announced the appointment of a special counter-terrorism communications coordinator, but it was unclear what concrete outcomes there would be. Obama meanwhile spoke emotionally about a Valentine’s card he received from an 11-year-old Muslim American called Sabrina. “‘I am worried about people hating Muslims,'” she wrote “‘please tell everyone that we are good people, and we’re just like everyone else.'” www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/muslim-leaders-must-unite-to-defeat-false-promises-of-jihadists-obama/ 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by msmon(m): 9:47am On Feb 19, 2015 |
I have got bashed by saying this on a several occasion that "the so called terrorist are not true muslim" Obama said: “The terrorists do not speak for a billion Muslims,” This part of the post got me weeping!
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Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by calcus(m): 11:16am On Feb 19, 2015 |
Let me comment first. I ll read later |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by calcus(m): 11:17am On Feb 19, 2015 |
Owk. That sbrina girl gets me emotional. Nice young girl 1 Like |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by kayfam(m): 11:46am On Feb 19, 2015 |
I stand to be corrected that education is the only weapon that can be use to tackle boko haram and other terrorist around the world. Their leader should delete " fail promise of 7 or 21 young virgins in heaven" Teach them the importance of life. 5 Likes |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by Blackfire(m): 2:02pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
[quote author=kayfam post=30876640]I stand to be corrected that education is the only weapon that can be use to tackle boko haram and other terrorist around the world. Their leader should delete " fail promise of 7 or 21 young virgins in heaven" Teach them the importance of life. [/quote] islam fuels terrorism 5 Likes |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by eleojo23: 2:45pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
It won't be far from the truth to say that the reason why some of the Islamic leaders fail to speak against these jihadists is because they are sympathetic to their cause. When the 'custodians' of the doctrines of a religion don't speak against an act vehemently, the adherents will see it as something that is permissible. That is what has made the fight against terrorism very difficult. 5 Likes |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by Nobody: 2:46pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
If only the Muslim north will rise up against boko haram with the same force with which they are trying to push Jonathan out of Aso Rock and shouting sai buhari then boko haram would quench! If only the fulani invaders who attack hapless villages at night and kill hundreds will attack boko haram camps with such hatred boko haram would quench! If only the Muslim north will rise up and demonstrate against boko haram here in Nigeria the way they did when a cartoon of their prophet Mohammed was drawn in Denmark then boko haram would quench! I shake my head. 18 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by kennosklint(m): 2:46pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
dats all |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by lonelydora: 2:46pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
ok |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by kimond101: 2:46pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
Blackfire:No it doesn't. This life is complex and there's more to life than that which meets the eyes. I am a muslim just like many millions of other muslims out there all over the world who seem not to comprehend why people would result into terror and where in islam that is being taught. Life is valuable/sacred and killing another person for no just reason is like killing the whole of humanity is what Islam teaches. If God had willed to make every one muslim it is easy for him. The situation all over the world is definitely an act perpetuated by terrorists who seem to portray themselves as strong muslims who practice islam as it aught to. May God protect us all. 5 Likes |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by Hysmady(m): 2:47pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
Am seeing tinz This thing long like vuvuzela |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by jammyunn(m): 2:47pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
It's always been said. If only they'd adhere. |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by koolet: 2:48pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
only the wise Nigerians would understand his message by simply saying no to a jihadist ?? and voting wisely |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by siegfried99(m): 2:48pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
Very correct, mr Obama It has been said countless times..until Muslim leaders world wide unite against extremist teachings/ ideology, it would be difficult to tackle terrorism. |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by j4sure(m): 2:48pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
OK TRUE TALK BOY
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Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by babestella: 2:49pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
Including MUSLIM leaders in Nigeria. 1 Like |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by jaybiz007(m): 2:49pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
mekaboy:You can sometimes pretend not to be stupid na. Arrgh. |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by Oklander: 2:52pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
ok |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by sulmeza(m): 2:52pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
Nt a fan buh obama's gt ma 'thumbs up' 4 dat speech.... Dos xtremists hav damaged islam's reputatn & integrity mre dan any oda tin |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by atlwireles: 2:53pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
>: what a joke |
Re: Muslim Leaders Must Unite To Defeat False Promises Of Jihadists – Obama by benosky(m): 2:59pm On Feb 19, 2015 |
Not all muslims re terrorist bt all terrorist are muslim. May God Help us. 1 Like |
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