WASHINGTON (AP) β Muslim American leaders are condemning the Islamic State group 13 years after the 9/11 attacks that killed thousands of Americans.
Noting the renewed terrorist threat, they said American Muslims are working with law enforcement to fight recruitment of their young people.
At a Washington news conference, Virginia Imam Mohamed Magid (MAH’-jihd) said the Islamic State group has brought shame upon Islam and has “violated all the principles of the holy Quran and the prophet Muhammad.”
The Muslim clerics and advocates were joined by Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who said Islam is “a religion which helps people, not kills them.”
The news conference also featured several young Muslim Scouts, who recited a verse from the Quran and sang “God Bless America.”
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