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Posted: 10/10/2001 9:26:31 AM EDT
Islamic heads reject calls for holy war against US




ELBOURNE: A senior representative of Australia's 120,000 Muslims said Wednesday they would not take up Osama bin Laden's "call to arms" against the United States and its allies.

But Islamic leaders condemned Australia's commitment to the war on terrorism, saying it would not eradicate the cause of terrorist attacks and would simply kill more innocent people.

The government has offered commandoes, aircraft and navy ships to the US-led war on terrorism.

Suspected terrorist mastermind bin Laden and his organization, Al-Qaeda, have urged Muslims across the world to join a holy war against the United States and its allies following the air strikes on Afghanistan.

But Islamic Council of Victoria president Yasser Soliman said Australian Muslims would not heed the call.

"There is no rise to arms in response to that," he said. Bin Laden "is not a leader that we can associate with, and the path of terrorism and violence is one that's been condemned in the past, and we condemn now, as a way to resolve any conflict."

Soliman called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

"Violence is not a solution. We are against any innocent people being killed from any side," he said.

Australian Arabic Council chairman Roland Jabbour said he did not expect any Australian Muslims to react to bin Laden's statement.

"Terrorism should be rejected in all its forms," he said.

But Jabbour said he was concerned the attacks on Afghanistan were setting a new precedent in dealing with international conflict.

"These attacks will not eradicate terrorism. We have witnessed a reaction that deals with the symptoms of the problem rather than the cause," he said.

Meanwhile, Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference vice president Archbishop John Bathersby called on all Australians to observe Oct. 11 as a day of prayer for terrorist victims and peace.

"We do not want to live a life filled with paranoia, fear, racial hate and vilification - we want justice, peace and freedom for all," he said.
( AP )  
Link Posted: 10/10/2001 9:47:52 AM EDT
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[b]ELBOURNE: A senior representative of Australia's 120,000 Muslims said Wednesday they would not take up Osama bin Laden's "call to arms" against the United States and its allies.[/b]

Iam shure Million Gun Owners here can number the
Muslims Gun for Gun i shure know steyr aug can by himself!

[b]But Islamic leaders condemned Australia's commitment to the war on terrorism, saying it would not eradicate the cause of terrorist attacks and would simply kill more innocent people.[/b]

So! Islamic people shure enjoyed the fact that
6,000 innocent people died id say eye for an eye tooth for a tooth.

[b]The government has offered commandoes, aircraft and navy ships to the US-led war on terrorism.[/b]

yea when after us and the british bombed the hell out of them!

[b]Suspected terrorist mastermind bin Laden and his organization, Al-Qaeda, have urged Muslims across the world to join a holy war against the United States and its allies following the air strikes on Afghanistan.[/b]

Fist sentence say's this all.


[b]"We do not want to live a life filled with paranoia, fear, racial hate and vilification - we want justice, peace and freedom for all," he said.[/b]

At what cost any cost F16's flying threating(Better kill 150 than 10000). laws to ban certain types of weapons. those terrorist can get automatic weapons any time they want no background check. yet we are going to lose some of are freedom's little by little!


[stick] <-ben laden...


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