Muslim
group takes responsibility for 9-11: 'We are so sorry'
www.freemuslims.org
Friday,
September 10, 2004
This
September 11 marks the third unforgettable anniversary of the worst
mass murder in American history.
After
September 11, many in the Muslim world chose denial and hallucination
rather than face up to the sad fact that Muslims perpetrated the 9-11
terrorist acts and that we have an enormous problem with extremism and
support for terrorism. Many Muslims, including religious leaders, and
“intellectuals” blamed 9-11 on a Jewish conspiracy and went as far as
fabricating a tale that 4000 Jews did not show up for work in the World
Trade Center on 9-11. Yet others blamed 9-11 on an American right wing
conspiracy or the U.S. Government which allegedly wanted an excuse to
invade Iraq and “steal” Iraqi oil.
As to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our
religious leaders and "intellectuals" to do the right thing. Instead,
we will start by apologizing for 9-11 . . .
After
numerous admissions of guilt by Bin Laden and numerous corroborating
admissions by captured top level Al-Qaida operatives, we wonder, does
the Muslim leadership have the dignity and courage to apologize for
9-11? If not 9-11, will we apologize for the murder of school children
in Russia?
If
not Russia, will we apologize for the train bombings in Madrid, Spain?
If
not Spain, will we apologize for suicide bombings in buses, restaurants
and other public places?
If
not suicide bombings, will we apologize for the barbaric beheadings of
human beings?
If
not beheadings, will we apologize for the rape and murder of thousands
of innocent people in Darfour?
If
not Darfour, will we apologize for the blowing up of two Russian planes
by Muslim women?
What
will we apologize for?
What
will it take for Muslims to realize that those who commit mass murder
in the name of Islam are not just a few fringe elements?
What
will it take for Muslims to realize that we are facing a crisis that is
more deadly than the Aids epidemic?
What
will it take for Muslims to realize that there is a large evil movement
that is turning what was a peaceful religion into a cult?
Will
Muslims wake up before it is too late? Or will we continue blaming the
Jews and an imaginary Jewish conspiracy? The blaming of all Muslim
problems on Jews is a cancer that is destroying Muslim society from
within and it must stop.
Muslims
must look inward and put a stop to many of our religious leaders who
spend most of their sermons teaching hatred, intolerance and violent
jihad. We should not be afraid to admit that as Muslims we have a
problem with violent extremism. We should not be afraid to admit that
so many of our religious leaders belong behind bars and not behind a
pulpit.
Only
moderate Muslims can challenge and defeat extremist Muslims. We can no
longer afford to be silent. If we remain silent to the extremism within
our community then we should not expect anyone to listen to us when we
complain of stereotyping and discrimination by non-Muslims; we should
not be surprised when the world treats all of us as terrorists; we
should not be surprised when we are profiled at airports.
Simply
put, not only do Muslims need to join the war against terror, we need
to take the lead in this war.
As
to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our religious leaders and
“intellectuals” to do the right thing. Instead, we will start by
apologizing for 9-11.
We
are so sorry that 3000 people were murdered in our name. We will never
forget the sight of people jumping from two of the highest buildings in
the world hoping against hope that if they moved their arms fast enough
that they may fly and survive a certain death from burning.
We
are sorry for blaming 9-11 on a Jewish or right wing conspiracy.
We
are so sorry for the murder of more than three hundred school children
and adults in Russia.
We
are so sorry for the murder of train passengers in Spain.
We
are so sorry for all the victims of suicide bombings. We are so sorry
for the beheadings, abductions, rapes, violent Jihad and all the
atrocities committed by Muslims around the world.
We
are so sorry for a religious education that raised killers rather than
train people to do good in the world. We are sorry that we did not take
the time to teach our children tolerance and respect for other people.
We
are so sorry for not rising up against the dictators who have ruled the
Muslim world for decades.
We
are so sorry for allowing corruption to spread so fast and so deep in
the Muslim world that many of our youth lost hope.
We
are so sorry for allowing our religious leaders to relegate women to
the status of forth class citizens at best and sub-humans at worse.
We
are so sorry.
For
more information visit our website at: www.freemuslims.org