The Events of 9/11 and Islam, the Taliban, and Bin Laden
Thirty-seven linked articles (arranged in the following categories) that contribute to understanding the tragedy:
Muslim and Arab
Responses to 9/11
and Islamic Criticism
of
Terrorism
Muslims
Condemn
Terrorism is a 68 page pdf file
containing numerous statements of Muslims who condemned both the events
of 9/11 and terrorism in general. Assembled by CAIR, the Council on
American-Islamic Relations. Because it is so large, this document may
take a minute to load. (Fixed 24 February 2009.)
Former President
Khatami (and presidential candidate in 2009) of Iran
Calls for the Rescue of Religious Discourse from
Terrorists at a panel of American interfaith religious leaders
convened by the World Conference on Religion and Peace at the
Cathedral of St. John
the Divine in New York, November 13, 2001. (Fixed 24 February 2009.)
Where Was God on September 11th?
by
Muslim
professor of Religious Studies, Abdulaziz Sachedina, of
the University of Virginia. (Link fixed, July 11, 2003)
A Letter from An Arab-American Poet
to Any
Would-Be
Terrorists
by Naomi Shihab Nye. (Link fixed, July 11, 2003)
American
Muslims Condemn
Terrorism, the statement of the American Muslim Council and
American Muslim Political
Coordination Committee.
Terrorists Are Mass Murderers, Not Martyrs An Interview
with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, American Muslim Scholar
Cat
Stevens:
"They have hijacked my religion." An article written by the former
rock musician, Cat
Stevens (Yusuf Islam), October 26, 2001. (Fixed, 24 February 2009.)
Terrorism
has nothing
to do with Islam: an article by Yusuf Islam (formerly known
as Cat Stevens)
Yusuf
Islam ( Cat Stevens ) Sings the Peace Train and Opposes Terrorism (link fixed 26 February 2006).
American
Muslim Leader and Professor of Islam, Ingrid Mattson states that
Muslims must stop
violence committed by
Muslims against innocent non-Muslims.
American
Muslim Council
Supports President
Bush’s Campaign Against Terrorism
Muslim
Voices That Oppose Extremism
and Fanaticism, more linked articles from Islamfortoday.com.
Muslims must reclaim Islam from terrorists "Recapturing Islam from the
Terrorists:" is an essay by the prominent British Muslim scholar, Professor 'Abd
al-Hakim Murad.
The Current Crisis: Formulating
A
Response by American
Sufi Shaykh and Islamic Scholar Nuh Keller (excerpts from an interview given on 22 October 2001)
(Link fixed, July 11, 2003)
Muslims must
declare
jihad against Muslim extremists and root them out (link fixed 20 August, 2005), a 60 Minutes
discussion with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and others.
A Time for
Introspection (link fixed 20 August, 2005) by
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, criticizes Muslims for their failure to prevent
the religious climate
that gives rise to radical extremists.
Leading Muslim Scholars Declare
the Terrorists of 9/11 Have Deviated from
Islam (link fixed 20 August, 2005) A collection of
articles compiled by Mas'ud Ahmed Khan.
Islam
and
Violence by Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
American Muslims Respond to the Terrorist Attack: numerous statements of Muslims compiled by the United States Information Agency (USIA).
The Making of Afghanistan Excellent detailed modern history from the Communist period until today published in the New York Review of Books by Pankaj Mishra.
Prominent Afghan Mullah Declares that Mullah Omar is the Defender of Killers (link fixed 20 August, 2005) December 9, 2001.
Muslims Around the World Oppose the Taliban: a number of linked articles at Islamfortoday.com.
Songwriting, The Taliban, and Being a Muslim: A conversation with British Muslim Rock Musician, Richard Thompson. (Fixed, April 6, 2007)
Bin Laden's Violence is Heresy Against Islam by the British Muslim scholar, 'Abd al-Hakim Murad.
Leading Canadian Muslim Scholars Reject Bin Laden's Claims of Jihad Against Americans (Link fixed, July 11, 2003)
Bin Laden distorting Islamic law, say experts, including Vice-President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Ingrid Mattson
Various Bin Laden Links compiled collectively by American scholars of Islam.
Where The Violence Comes From, by Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, a prominent socially and spiritually conscious Jewish periodical (link fixed 26 February 2006).
Catholic Bishops and Muslim Leaders Issue Joint Statement on Terrorism by US Conference of Catholic Bishops and leaders of major American Muslim organizations: AMC, ICNA, ISNA, MAS (link fixed 26 February 2006).
Website of American Scholars of Islam on WTC Bombing, Terrorism, and Afghanistan
True Jihad After The Tragedy: A Peace Jihad, by Professor Bruce Lawrence, Duke University.
Scholars Assert that the Qur'an is a Book of Peace--An article in National Geographic Today
The
University of Georgia
Responds to the Terrorist Attacks of 9/11 and to the
Crisis in Afghanistan.
Religion is Not the Enemy: Don't Look at Bin Laden and See Islam by Catholic professor of Islamic Law, David Forte, whose writings have influenced various speeches of President Bush.
Seeking Moderation: Giving the Wahhabis too Much Credit by the journalist Stephen Schwartz, partly refutes Forte's article and asserts that Wahhabi Islam spawns terrorism.
One Hundred Questions and Answers About Arab Americans: A Journalist's Guide, by the Detroit Free Press.
Combat Terrorism with More Democracy and Less Poverty (link fixed 20 August, 2005) asserts Secretary of State Colin Powell at the UN.
