Serjeel Ahmed of Mississauga, who is studying to become an imam, gave an overview and history of Islam to a small audience at Wolf Performance Hall.
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| Sarjeel Ahmed talks to an audience during Stop The Crisis campaign Photo: CRAIG GLOVER The London Free Press / QMI AGENCY |
Source/Credit: The London Free Press
By Norman DeBono | November 25, 2014
Greater outreach, action and education are needed to stop the terrorist radicalization of Muslim youth that has hit London hard, a member of a Muslim youth group says.
Two young men from London, Ali Medlej, 24, and Xristos Katsiroubas, 22, were killed by security forces in 2013 as they took part in a bloody terrorist takeover of an Algerian natural gas plant.
A third high school friend, Aaron Yoon, was jailed in Mauritania for alleged ties to al-Qaida.
The key to preventing that from happening is to educate youths that terrorist groups don’t represent Islam, and espousing violence is a “sickness” that has nothing to do with religion, said Asif Sheih, an official with the Islamic group Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at.
“We have to separate their actions from Islam,” he said.
“In no way is terrorism justified by Islam. We have to educate people as to what is true Islam.”
Tuesday’s talk in London was part of a campaign by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at called StopTheCrisis, a response to the atrocities committed by the terrorist group ISIS that includes the beheading of civilians, soldiers, journalists and aid workers in Syria.
Similar events are being held across Canada to address radicalization and events in the Middle East.
Groups like ISIS, acting with extreme violence, have a political agenda using faith as a tool for another purpose, Sheih said.
“It has nothing to do with religion, with Islam,” he said. “They use religion for politics because religion gets people charged up.”
Serjeel Ahmed of Mississauga, who is studying to become an imam, gave an overview and history of Islam to a small audience at Wolf Performance Hall.
“The motto of the Mulsim community is love for all, hatred for none and that is what we are here to demonstrate today,” he said.
“We want to tackle ISIS, we want to tackle extremists and show Islam...is the message of peace and brotherhood and love.”
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