16th March, 2019
MURIC CONDEMNS CHRISTIAN TERRORISM IN NEWZEALAND
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has
condemned the massacre of forty nine (49) innocent Muslim worshippers which
occurred during Jumu‘ah prayer in ChristChurch, New Zealand yesterday Friday 15th
March, 2019. Dozens of worshippers were also injured. The perpetrator has been
identified as 29-year-old Australian citizen, Brenton Harrison Tarrant.
MURIC, an Islamic human rights organization,
described the killing as a sadistic, vicious and brutish terrorist act. MURIC’s
reaction was contained in a press statement issued on Saturday, 16th
March, 2019. The statement was signed by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq
Akintola.
“This is terrorism at its height and a
crime against humanity. This killer, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, is a Christian
terrorist, a white supremacist and a monster. It was a blood-chilling incident.
“We wonder if there is no conspiracy
somewhere. How did he have close to 20 minutes to operate in two different
mosques without a single police officer taking him down? He drove from the
first mosque after killing many Muslims and even had the time to wait on the
street for pedestrians to cross. Then he drove to the second mosque and
continued the dastardly act.
“This is a cold-blooded premeditated terrorist
act. It was horrendous. We suspect that the terrorist did not act alone.
Logistics must have been provided by somebody or some people. This is the mystery
the New Zealand authorities have to unravel.
“However, we denounce the
reluctance of the Western press and its cronies to describe the killing as a
Christian terrorist act in the same way that they have always been eager to
describe other killings as Islamic terrorism. This New Zealand massacre has no
other nomenclature. It is Christian terrorism, loud and clear.
“We condemn selective labeling of crimes. A terrorist
act is a terrorist act, no matter the background of the perpetrator. But it is hypocritical
to limit terrorism to Muslims alone while the Western press and its surrogates
find soft landing semantics for those who commit worse crimes against Muslims.
“Criminally-minded
individuals and groups abound in all faiths and in all cultures. It is therefore
unfair to label Muslims alone as terrorists. This year alone, between January
and February 2019, several terrorist acts were perpetrated on American soil and
none was traced to a Muslim. Yet none was labelled as a terrorist act.
“On January 23, 2019, Zephen Xaver, 21, killed five
women at the SunTrust
Bank in Sebring,
Florida. On January 26, 2019, Dakota Theriot, 21, fatally shot his
parents and three other people in Ascension and Livingston churches, in
the U.S. state of Louisiana. Again on February 15, 2019, Gary Montez Martin, a 45-year-old American, killed six
people and injured another six.
“The anatomy of
terrorism is becoming clearer day by day. Those who accuse Muslims of violence and
terrorism should ponder over the causal-effect theory. Violence and terrorism
are mere symtoms. The real disease is injustice and provocation. Violence and
terrorism are mere smoke. Injustice is the fire.
“We all know that there is no smoke without fire and it is the
height of stupidity for firefighters to turn their water hoses towards the
smoke, leaving the fire to continue raging. Justice is the soul of peace. Those
who deny one cannot enjoy the other. This is MURIC’s analysis of the symbiotic
relationship between injustice, provocation, violence and terrorism.
“Our solace lies in the belief that the victims died as martyrs. Al-Jannah
is therefore guaranteed for them, moreso since their killing occurred during
worship. It is the heartless killer and all those who helped him who will burn ad infinitum in hell. We pray for the
families they left behind. May Allah grant them the spiritual, moral and
material fortitude to bear the loss.
“Before we
fold our mats, we charge the New Zealand authorities to ensure that justice is
done. The families of the victims of this terror act must be adequately
compensated. It is our considered
opinion that crimes should be related to individual criminals and not to their religions,
country or tribe”.
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
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