"We stand united with the people of the United Kingdom in unequivocally condemning this gruesome killing, and hope that those responsible are caught and face the full force of the law."
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| File photo: Ahmadiyya spokesperson Basharat Nazir speaks to media |
Source/Credit: Church Times
By Gerald Butt | September 19, 2014
Edited by Ahmadiyya Times
Among the Islamic groups that spoke out against the killing of the British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, was the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK, which denounced it as a "horrific act of evil. Islam advocates love, respect, and peace, and this abhorrent murder again exposes that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam or any religion. It is barbarity at its worst.
"We stand united with the people of the United Kingdom in unequivocally condemning this gruesome killing, and hope that those responsible are caught and face the full force of the law."
The Archbishop of Canterbury has also added his voice to those around the world who have condemned the murder of Mr Haines.
Early last Sunday morning, Archbishop Welby tweeted: "In every church let us pray for the family of David Haines, evilly killed in the place he was serving in love for its suffering people."
Later, speaking to the BBC, the Archbishop described the murder as "an act of absolute evil, unqualified, without any light in it at all. There is a sense that within this area, and in many places in the world where this kind of thing is being done, the darkness is deepening. It's being done in the name of faith, but we've heard already today faith leaders from Islam across the world condemning this."
The killing of Western hostages has galvanised international action to confront IS, both through milit-ary power, led by the United States, and through efforts to cut funding and other means of sup-port. On Tuesday, one day after 30 countries had pledged at a meeting in Paris to join a US-led coalition against IS, war planes and drones from the US were in action bolstering Iraqi forces close to Baghdad.
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