Metro Detroit Muslim, Arab leaders condemn attack in Libya

Source: Detroit Free Press

Metro Detroit Muslim, Arab leaders condemn attack in Libya
1:24 PM, September 12, 2012
By Niraj Warikoo
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer


Arab-American and Muslim leaders in metro Detroit condemned the attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya that resulted in the death of a U.S. ambassador and three staffers.

"There is no justification for such wanton violence that led to the deaths of innocent Americans in Libya," said Dawud Walid, head of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

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Regardless, Muslims should not react violently when Mohammed is attacked, Walid said. They should “return insults with righteousness, not with criminality,” said Walid, who often lectures about Islam across Michigan.

Islam’s holy book, the Quran, says that killing one innocent person is "like killing all of humankind," Walid added.

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