The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has condemned terrorism and the multi-pronged attack on transportation facilities in Belgium.
The Council on American Islamic Relations also condemned the recent attacks in Turkey.
“Killing innocent people for any reason is wrong—period,” said CAIR Georgia’s new executive director, attorney Edward Ahmed Mitchell. “But it is especially offensive to murder in the name of a faith. No religious goal or political grievance justifies such violence. Muslims in Georgia join Muslims across America and around the world in condemning terrorism, which violates basic teachings of Islam.”
It follows closely on the heels of the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris attacks, who was captured after a fire fight with police. ISIS has claimed responsibility.
Recently, members of the Muslim community ran a full-page advertisement in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution condemning the San Bernardino shooting. American Muslims also raised $200,000 for the victims of that attack in just one week. Muslim leaders, scholars and organizations have also hosted anti-extremist seminars and conferences both here and abroad.
“The overwhelming majority of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims have opposed terrorism in both word and deed,” Mitchell said. “We will, God willing, continue to do so here in Georgia—loudly and clearly.”
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