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Yemen: Muslims murder Muslim cleric known for his moderation

Mar 3, 2018 1:05 pm By Robert Spencer

Here is yet another example of why we do not see more genuine Islamic reform.

“Prominent cleric shot dead while praying in Yemen’s Hadhramaut,” Al Arabiya, March 2, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Unknown gunmen assassinated cleric Al Habib Aidroos Ben Abdullah bin Sumait, a prominent scholar and imam of Al-Mehdhar Mosque in his home in the city of Tarim in Hadhramaut, southern Yemen.

The gunmen pretended to be joining the cleric to read Quran…

Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr condemned the assassination, which he described as an attack on moderate thinking…

He added that Bin Sumait was one of the moderate voices…

The attack is the first of its kind in the city of Trim, which is renowned for its role in advocating tolerance, rejecting violence and advocacy for moderation.

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  1. Guy Forester says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 1:22 pm

    Some good ways to shorten your life in certain parts of the world (well, a whole lot of the world)

    1. Speak the truth
    2. Actually show a desire to live at peace with your neighbors
    3. Attempt to win others to your point of view by reason, acts of compassion, and living an exemplary life
    4. Speak out for liberty, freedom of conscience, and other silly things like the right to defend yourself

    The truth is, most of the world wants obedient sheeple, that will do the bidding of their overlords. Cuts across all races, ethnic groups, and religions. Unfortunately some places are worse than others, but we dare not name those places or others or we are labeled bigots, racists, or worse.

    • Infidel says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 11:07 pm

      Wonderful words of Wisdom..So true

  2. Emilie Green says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    “He added that Bin Sumait was one of the moderate voices”

    I’m immediately suspicious when I hear of any Muslim described as moderate. If a Muslim is faithful to the Qur’an, then it’s impossible to be moderate in the Western sense of that word.

    We all know the joke: a devout Muslim will murder you as a kafir knowing he’s following true Islam; a moderate Muslim is one who nods approval as to what the devout Muslim has just done.

    As Geert Wilders reminds us, there is no moderate Islam.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 5:02 pm

      Yes, agree with Emilie. Islam is based on the Sira, hadiths and Koran and there is no ‘MODERATE’ Islam found in the three documents.

      The old sheikh is trying to REFORM, MODERNIZE and SOFTEN RIGID, OLD IDEAS. It cannot be done because Islam has doctrine AGAINST innovation (BIDA) in religion.

      Some of the types of bida are the following and are called ‘kufr’ (thought crimes):

      Kufrul-Istihaal: Disbelief out of trying to make haram into halal by convoluted reasoning.
      Kufrul-I’raadh: Disbelief due to avoidance. This applies to those who turn away and avoid the teaching of Islam, such as jihad, hatred of kafirs, etc.
      Kufrul-Istibdaal: Disbelief because of trying to substitute human laws for Allaah’s Laws. Muslims who refuse jihad or the death penalty for apostates in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are considered apostates who should be executed.

      • J D S says

        Mar 4, 2018 at 11:33 pm

        Right you are mortimer..In all my studies and the studies of others I find no moderation in Islamic teachings….Only hatred do I find there….I am glad i was not born a Muslim….for who in his right mind would want to be called the most hated people and have the most hated religion (so called) in the whole world
        and I am glad that I honor a God who gives unconditional love , even to a lost Muslim. God is enlarging the LAKE of fire for those who do not accept his promise.

  3. Marina says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 2:04 pm

    Moderate are the ones who have never read the Koran (in their native language) and who pick and choose koranic verses. Islam is violent not moderate

  4. Roger says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 3:06 pm

    Moderates are the bushes that extreme Muslims hide in so they can murder non Muslims.

  5. Michael Copeland says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 3:17 pm

    Remember the old imam in Arizona? He let it be known that, after a lifetime of study, he thought two verses in the Koran did not properly belong there. He was stabbed to death by a muslim who had lately come to the mosque, and who disappeared afterwards. Twenty-one years later the killer was found in Canada and extradited.

    • Vlad says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 3:58 pm

      In Canada? Who would have thought that Canada harbours extremists of the Muslim faith :-).

      BTW, was his name “Trudeau”?

  6. CRUSADER says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 3:19 pm

    Muslim = Mafioso

  7. Phil Copson says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 3:25 pm

    To re-wind right back to the basics – how is it remotely believable that one of the most appalling men who ever lived, would found a peaceful religion ?

    Like scores of rulers throughout history, he just hit on the “Because God says so.” routine, closely followed by “God speaks through me because I’m in charge – and I’m in charge because God speaks through me.”

    Everything else flows from that.

  8. Cheer Bear Girl says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    Islam was never a peaceful religion. The peaceful Muslims are ignorant about Islam and its satanic roots.

  9. gravenimage says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    Yemen: Muslims murder Muslim cleric known for his moderation
    ……………….

    I’m disgusted–but not surprised.

  10. Chand says

    Mar 4, 2018 at 3:48 am

    “He added that Bin Sumait was one of the moderate voices…”

    This cleric might have criticized the Alqaeda/ISIS concept of Jihadi mass murder of innocents.

  11. MFritz says

    Mar 4, 2018 at 7:14 am

    As the only “peace” that exists in the house of Allah is eternal peace. R.I.P.

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