The Muslim world emphasized that the attack was not in line with Islamic teachings and did not reflect the character of Muslims.
DDHK News, France - The Muslims of the World condemn the deadly attack on the Paris satirist magazine, Charlie Hebdo, although this media has often angered Muslims with cartoons that insulted Islam and Muslims.
The Arab League, Al-Azhar Cairo Institute, MUI and French Muslim leaders agreed to condemn the attack on Wednesday (7/1) that also killed a Muslim. The Muslim world emphasized that the attack was not in line with Islamic teachings.
As reported by Antara News and international media, the armed attack on the headquarters of "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris left 11 people dead and four seriously injured. The dead included 9 journalists and 2 policemen. The four attackers entered the "Charlie Hebdo" office at 11.30:XNUMX p.m. Paris time, carrying a pistol and a Kalashnikov.
The head of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, strongly condemned the attack. Al-Azhar said the "criminal attack" was against Islamic values. "Islam condemns violence in any form," he said.
French Muslim leaders also strongly condemned the action and called it a "barbaric invasion". "This extremely barbaric act also attacks democracy and press freedom," the French Muslim Council (CFCM) said in a statement.
The Muslim Council is representative of the French Muslim community, the largest in Europe and is estimated to number between 3,5 and 5 million people.
Two or three men with heavy weapons stormed the office of the Charlie Hebdo Sunday newspaper, shouting Islamist slogans as they opened fire on the office.
Charlie Hebdo has previously been the target of several attacks since the newspaper ran cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in mid-2000.
CFCM President Dalil Boubakeur, who heads the Paris Mosque, plans to visit the scene, his entourage said. The Muslim Council also asked Muslim citizens to be calm and be aware of manipulation by hardliners.
"In the midst of a tense international climate fueled by the madness of terrorist groups who unfairly claim to represent Islam, we urge all parties that have ties to the values of this republic and democracy to avoid provocation," he said as reported by Antara.
Muslim societies must be "very vigilant against possible manipulation by hardline groups," he added.
The Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF) also condemned "as vigorously as possible these criminal attacks and gruesome killings".
The World Association of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) also condemned the attack. “This act is a sinful act and is really condemned, whoever did it. This attack will in no way bring good to the country and the nation. The goal is only to create precarious conditions that will be full of riots between adherents of different religions, "said the Secretary General of IUMS, Dr. Ali Qaradhagi. (mel /afp/antaranews/dailytimes/localhost/project/personal/ddhongkong.org/ddhongkong.org).*
