Editor Of Qatari ‘Al-Arab’ Daily: Muslims Don’t Need To Apologize For ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Shooting ‘Abdallah Al-’Athbah, editor of the Qatari daily Al-Arab, wrote on his Twitter account (@A_AlAthbah) that the Muslims should not apologize for the shooting at the headquarters of the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, just as the Christians and Jews do not apologize for the actions of their countries. In a series of tweets following the attack, he called on the Muslims to « be men » and refrain from apologizing for something they did not do, and also added that the shooting may have been staged by France in order to manufacture an excuse to invade Libya. The Shooting Was A French Conspiracy Al-Athbah even suggested that the attack was a French conspiracy meant to prepare the ground for a French invasion of Libya. In one tweet he wrote: « France apparently wants to invade Libya under the pretext of a ‘war on terrorism,’ after it occupied Mali using the same pretext. This operation is a perfect excuse to murder Muslims. » The Attack Was Timed To Coincide With Extremists’ Attacks On Muslims In another tweet, Al-’Athbah wrote: « How is it that the murder at the French magazine was timed to coincide with the aggression of extremists against mosques in Europe? Where is your brain, Muslims? » He followed this tweet with a link to an article he published several days ago, titled « The West’s Hostility towards Islam, » about the anti-Islam demonstrations in Europe. In this article he wrote, inter alia: « The unjustified hostility and attacks on Islam greatly jeopardize global stability. If Western extremism goes untreated, it will engender counter-extremism, and that is the real threat we must face before it is too late. » He also said: « Europe is witnessing campaigns of open and spreading hatred against Islam, including attacks on mosques and rejection of the other (the Muslim)… In addition, the Western and Arab media link everything bad to our Islamic religion in order to distort its image… True, there are rational and reasonable voices in the West that object to these campaigns, but they are unable to withstand such powerful [anti-Islamic] lobbies. So, in practice, they can do nothing against the campaigns of hatred against Islam and the Muslims, the last of which [took place] in Germany. Perhaps the most encouraging thing is that German Chancellor Angela Merkel came out against this hate campaign… The chancellor understands that the satanic hatred against Islam will not benefit Germany and Europe. Likewise, incitement to hatred of Islam and the Muslims will not benefit the U.S. and the West. »[1] [1] Al-Arab (Qatar), January 4, 2015.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 02:34:04 +0000
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