MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By Andy Bloxham – “A number of radical Islamic groups including Muslims Against Crusades (MAC) gathered outside the embassy on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

The group of around 100 men shouted ‘USA terrorists’, brandished anti-American placards and chanted through a loudhailer.

Several members of the Muslim groups made anti-American speeches following the flag burning.

One said: ‘You will always face suffering, you will always face humiliation, unless you withdraw your troops from Muslim lands.’

Another declared that America had been ‘defeated in Iraq and defeated in Afghanistan’.

Members of the group publicly burned a poppy on Armistice Day in a similar stunt.

However, a small opposing group of Muslims – some of whom had travelled hundreds of miles to rebut the extremists – staged a counter-demonstration nearby, holding up placards reading ‘Muslims Against Extremism’ and ‘If You Want Sharia, Move To Saudi’.

Abdul Sallam, 41, who was waving a sign that read ‘Keep The Silence’, travelled down to London from his home in Glasgow to show the strength of his feelings.

He said: ‘I’m a Muslim. What they’re doing is bringing shame on all Muslims. This is not part of the teachings of Islam.’

‘Islam teaches you that when you see anything bad or evil, you should speak out against it.'” Read more.

It is commendable when other Muslims begin speaking out against the extremists in their midst. This needs to happen more often. I only wonder if, according to their belief that Islam teaches they should speak against anything ‘bad or evil’, if they also have the courage to speak out against the many hateful verses toward Jews and Christians, or the calls to wage bloody Jihad against the ‘kaffir’, or the justification for the oppressive treatment of women, or the barbaric punishments promoted by Sharia Law contained within both the Qur’an and Hadith? …