Murders a shame to Islam

An excellent Letter to Editor in Dallas News

The murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens is an abhorrent and inexcusable crime.

Murder has no place in Islam. Nowhere in the Quran is anyone permitted to harm, riot or kill anyone for speaking against Islam or Prophet Muhammad. The very actions the rioters took violate the example set by Prophet Muhammad.

When a mob was about to attack a man for urinating in the mosque, Prophet Muhammad replied, “Leave him alone and throw a bucket of water over his urine, for you have been raised to deal with people gently and you have not been raised to deal with them harshly.”

As a Muslim-American and member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, I strongly condemn the actions of the rioters in Libya and Egypt. Their actions do not reflect the teachings of Islam and cause disrespect to Prophet Muhammad more than any Geert Wilders film ever could.

Azhar Hussain, Plano

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