The French Imam called the slain "Martyrs for Liberty." It is this leadership we all validate and appreciate. I am relieved there are holy men in the Muslim faith standing for the morality and civilization we all value over the violence we witnessed today.
Imam Hessan Chalghoumi is a brave man to abhor violence and demand peace, liberty and calm. Living within a civilized society brings about the best life has to offer. It is unfortunate some believe a life of quality is unnecessary to the worship of god. That is somewhat at the crux of this violence. Somehow, the values of quality of life, peace, respect for human dignity is an offense to Violent Islam. Everywhere I look there are atrocities where an extremist point of view is enforced while completely rejecting civilization and a future that is better than today.
These extremists enforce suffering as a method to live a life in approval of their god. It is perverted. There isn't any other word I can think of to describe such heinous people. They pretend to be martyrs for Allah, when in fact they are international criminals using death and fear to capture their definition of a man in devotion. There is nowhere in the Quran that demands violence as proof of a person's devotion. Nowhere.
The extremist considers the definition of life as taking that of others they can not understand. Civilization has no definition in this perverted society of extremists. Civilization is a sin. They look upon women they marry with oppression and a purpose to bring about more warriors. There is no love of their children, there is simply mentoring to become weapons.
Hassen
Chalghoumi (left), Imam of the municipal Drancy mosque in
Seine-Saint-Denis, walks with police near the Paris offices of Charlie
Hebdo, a satirical newspaper, after a shooting Jan 7, 2015. -- PHOTO:
REUTERS
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Hessan Chalghoumi, (click here) left, Imam of the municipal Darcy mosque in Seine Saint Dennis, walks with police near the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper, after the shooting of January 7, 2015.
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Chalghoumi (left), Imam of the municipal Drancy mosque in
Seine-Saint-Denis, walks with police near the Paris offices of Charlie
Hebdo, a satirical newspaper, after a shooting Jan 7, 2015. -- PHOTO:
REUTERS
- See more at:
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/europe/story/parisian-imams-condemn-attack-call-it-declaration-war-20150107#sthash.j1JgiePS.dpuf
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Chalghoumi (left), Imam of the municipal Drancy mosque in
Seine-Saint-Denis, walks with police near the Paris offices of Charlie
Hebdo, a satirical newspaper, after a shooting Jan 7, 2015. -- PHOTO:
REUTERS
- See more at:
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/europe/story/parisian-imams-condemn-attack-call-it-declaration-war-20150107#sthash.j1JgiePS.dpuf
January 7, 2015
By Lisa Bryant
PARIS—
French officials say police (click here) have identified the three suspected gunmen in Wednesday's mass murder at the Paris headquarters of the satirical weekly paper "Charlie Hebdo."
Authorities say two of the alleged shooters are brothers who are French citizens, ages 34 and 32. The third suspect is an 18-year-old student. His nationality is not yet clear.
Police said at least 12 people, including two police officers, are dead after the attack.
Late Wednesday morning, black-hooded gunmen, who carried Kalashnikov rifles and a pump-action shotgun, stormed the weekly's offices, bursting into an editorial staff meeting and opening fire. Terrorism experts said the gunmen appeared to have carried out their attack methodically....
Who and/or how did these murderers have such detailed information?
