Kamel Abderrahmani, a young Algerian univ student on murder of Priest: "Islamism is the disease of the century". (
AsiaNews).
The terrorist attack on the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray,
close to Rouen; in which the throat of the elderly priest who was
celebrating Mass, Fr. Jacques Hamel, was slit; the taking of hostages in
a sacred place, has caused great pain within the French Muslim
communities. Already yesterday, a few hours by the attack, the French
Council of the Muslim Faith condemned the act as "vile and barbaric",
pleading for cohesion and unity among all the French.
Of all the messages sent to AsiaNews, we have decided to publish
those of two long time friends: that the imam of Nimes, Hocine Drouiche,
vice president of Imams of France; and of Kamel Abderrahmani, a young
Algerian university student in France.
With courage, they are not afraid
to accuse Islamism of being the "disease of the century", which "is
taking Islam hostage” or call on all Muslims to "move" and make gestures
of unity with other French and other religions.
This co-existence is precisely the element that Islamic radicals
want to destroy. An editorial published in Dabiq (the Islamic State
magazine), at the beginning of 2015, called for the "extinction of the
gray zone", the area where many Muslims live in the West, between light
and darkness, between the caliphate and the infidel world.
According to the IS all Muslims must leave the Western world and
belong solely to the caliphate, destroying any possibility of dialogue.
This is the context in which the actions of 19 year old Kermiche Adel,
one of the church attackers killed by police, matured. The churches,
with their welcome to all, the grief of Muslims for Christian victims,
are part of this "gray area" that IS want eliminated, but are also the
basis for the reconstruction of society, an element of resistance to a
barbarism preached in the name of God.
Young Algerian university student in France.
Kamel Abderrahmani:
Again the forces of darkness have struck and this time a priest has
been killed. With such savagry, he was beheaded in the name of God.
Only
a fundamentalist could commit such an act, a fundamentalist, a madman
... I am not be afraid to say so. Islamism is the disease of the
century. It is a disease that is not only capable of adapting its
murderous techniques, but even "improve" them to kill even more people.
As a young Muslim, I appeal to all Muslims who do not subscribe to
this ideology, to fight this ideology with all possible means.
It is an
ideology that is above all a danger to ourselves. Recently in
Afghanistan, the mercenaries of this ideology committed genocide: 70
Muslims were killed . In Iraq, a few days before, more than 200 people
were massacred.
This ideology has exceeded all limits. It has also
affected Islam's holy places: Medina, before it targeted a Christian
church. It is time for Muslims to take action.
All my condolences to the Christian families in mourning.
Imam of Nimes, Hocine Drouiche, vice president of Imams of France:
Hocine Drouiche:
I have heard of the odious attack that our Catholic brothers have
suffered, as well as the assassination of our brother priest of Rouen. I
express my condolences to the bereaved families and to the Catholic
community in France and throughout the world.
It is an attack against our fellow Catholics, against France, against
national unity and against Islam and against Muslims ... I firmly
condemn this horrible attack on a holy place respected by the Muslim
religion and all religions. The situation is becoming increasingly
tragic and difficult.
I ask all French people to be vigilant, aware and
remain united. I ask all imams and Muslim leaders, without exception, to
come together, put aside their conflicts, to respond forcefully,
clearly and strongly condemning this inhuman act, and remain vigilant so
that Islam is no longer held hostage in the hands of extremists and the
ignorant.
