UK Muslims Launch Television Commercials "Islam is Peace" Campaign

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Submitted by Sandi on Sun, 2007-10-07 22:05.

AL-Beeb reports:

"An advertising campaign promoting British Muslims as integrated citizens who reject extremism has been launched.

Islam is Peace - formed after the bombings in London in July 2005 - has initially placed adverts on the capital's buses and Underground trains.

According to secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain Muhammad Abdul Bari: "The silent majority of Muslims are coming forward and now challenging the Islamophobia in sections of our media - it is a brave undertaking."

Robert Spencer
from Jihad Watch responds to the misconceptions of this campaign.

In the television advert, Muslims condemn the killing of innocent people.
Robert Spencer explores the Muslim definition of “innocent people”. British Jihadist Anjem Chaudry explains that “you are innocent, only if you are a Muslim”

Robert Spencer replaces the Muslim 5 point plan to end Islamophobia with the following:

Muslims Should

1: Focus their indignation on violent Muslims

2: Renounce efforts to install Sahriah law in non-Muslim countries.
Remove any intention to replace the constitution of non-Muslim
countries even by peaceful means.

3: Teach Muslims the imperative of co-existing peacefully as equals
with non-Muslims on an indefinite basis.

4: Begin comprehensive programmes in Mosques all over the world to
teach against the ideas of violent Jihad and Islamic Supremcism.

5: Actively work with Western law enforcement officials to identify
and apprehend Jihadists within Western Muslim communities.

"Robert Spencer maintains that if Muslims do these 5 things, Islamaphobia will vanish. No slick PR campaign will be needed at all."

Who can disagree with him?


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