USA: For Muslim Leaders, Texas Attack Means Another Public Apology for Events They Don't Control

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"There's a sensation to it. There's a perception that goes to it. We feel that we should put our two bits in there, as well as explain the way we feel."

Dr Ahsanullah Zafar, national president, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch |
Source/Credit: Newsweek
By Michele Richinick | May 5, 2015

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Muslim groups in America typically speak out after Islamic believers cause harm or create an uproar. Sunday's shooting outside an event center in Garland, Texas, was no exception.

Muslim leaders and activists often release statements immediately following an attack, just as pundits regularly demand that moderate Muslims speak out after terrorist attacks. They usually condemn the individuals' actions and repeatedly say the behavior lands far from their religious beliefs.

"There's a sensation to it. There's a perception that goes to it. We feel that we should put our two bits in there, as well as explain the way we feel," Ahsanullah Zafar, national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, tells Newsweek. He says the group, which is one of America's oldest Muslim communities, understands people won't always agree but urges them to discuss issues peacefully with one another. That belief, he says, is different than that of some Muslims living in the Middle East.

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