“More Than 130 Imams Refuse to Perform Attackers’ Funeral Prayers Following London and Manchester Incidents”

“More Than 130 Imams Refuse to Perform Attackers’ Funeral Prayers Following London and Manchester Incidents”

 

The Regent's Park Mosque, London
The London Central Mosque, near Regent’s Park
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

Here’s another one to add to your “Muslim leaders never denounce terrorism” file:

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/imams-refusing-to-do-funeral-prayers-for-uk-attackers?utm_term=.raAkQ0LvW#.noqp0JK1V

 

I’m glad that such statements as these are receiving some news coverage.  I’ve heard complaints from imams that, when they organize anti-terrorism demonstrations and symposia at their mosques, they never get any attention from the media — except complaints that they never speak out against terrorism.

 

Posted from Richmond, Virginia

 

 


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