{"id":379,"date":"2019-04-22T23:35:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T23:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/?p=379"},"modified":"2019-04-22T23:41:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T23:41:21","slug":"statement-concerning-easter-bombings-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/2019\/04\/22\/statement-concerning-easter-bombings-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement concerning Easter bombings in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[English below]\n\n\n\n
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L’Alliance canadienne musulmane est profond\u00e9ment attrist\u00e9e et perturb\u00e9e par l’attaque de nos fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs chr\u00e9tiens dans les \u00e9glises et h\u00f4tels du Sri Lanka.
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Nous adressons nos condol\u00e9ances aux familles des d\u00e9funts. Nos pens\u00e9es et nos pri\u00e8res accompagnent les familles des victimes de ces attaques terroristes brutales et insens\u00e9es.
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Des actes de terreur et des effusions de sang aveugles et de tels meurtres n’ont pas leur place dans aucune soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civilis\u00e9e. Cet incident frappe tr\u00e8s pr\u00e8s de chez nous lorsque nous prions tous les jours dans les mosqu\u00e9es et nous permet de nous visualiser \u00e0 la place des victimes de ces actes de terrorisme insens\u00e9s. Nous condamnons fermement tout acte de ce type, que ce soit contre nos fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs musulmans qui se rassemblent pour prier ou contre nos fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs chr\u00e9tiens et juifs qui se rassemblent pour montrer leur gratitude \u00e0 leur seigneur, ou \u00e0 un groupe quelconque pour quelque motif que ce soit.
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Bien que nous \u00e9prouvions un sentiment de malaise, nous devons rester optimistes et avoir bon espoir, comme Allah l\u2019a ordonn\u00e9 dans le Saint Coran:
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“Cherchez de l\u2019aide par la patience et la pri\u00e8re, et c\u2019est vraiment exigeant, sauf pour ceux qui sont humbles dans leur c\u0153ur; ceux qui ont \u00e0 l’esprit qu’ils doivent rencontrer leur Seigneur et qu’ils doivent retourner \u00e0 lui.”
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Nous devons revenir aux instructions de notre proph\u00e8te Mohammed (SAW):
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“Le (la ressemblance d’un) croyant envers un autre croyant est semblable \u00e0 celui d’un b\u00e2timent (une partie de celui-ci) soutient (et renforce) l’autre.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soyons donc solidaires avec nos fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs du Sri Lanka, soutenons-les et renfor\u00e7ons-les par tous les moyens. Restons optimistes, car de telles attaques terroristes ont pour seul objectif de susciter la peur et de cr\u00e9er un sentiment de panique au sein de la communaut\u00e9. Nous ne c\u00e9derons pas \u00e0 des actes de l\u00e2chet\u00e9 ni ne cesserons de pratiquer notre religion. Nous vivrons attach\u00e9s \u00e0 notre foi aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de nos voisins et de nos amis.
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Ces actes inhumains t\u00e9moignent clairement de la pr\u00e9sence du sectarisme, de la haine et de l’ignorance. Le souvenir de la fusillade \u00e0 Christchurch est encore frais dans l\u2019esprit de nombreux musulmans. L\u2019Alliance canadienne musulmane exhorte tous les Canadiens, musulmans et autres, qu\u2019ils prescrivent \u00e0 un groupe confessionnel ou non, de rester unis contre la haine et l\u2019intol\u00e9rance, de rester vigilants et de signaler tout comportement ou activit\u00e9 suspect \u00e0 la police et aux forces de l\u2019ordre.
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Nous terminons par une pri\u00e8re pour toutes les personnes touch\u00e9es par ces horribles \u00e9v\u00e9nements. Nous prions pour la patience des familles et des communaut\u00e9s touch\u00e9es. Qu’Allah nous prot\u00e8ge, ainsi que nos voisins et amis affect\u00e9s du Sri Lanka, du Canada et du monde entier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Canadian Muslim Alliance is deeply saddened and perturbed by the attack on our Cristian brothers and sisters in the Churches and hotels of Sri-Lanka.
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We send our condolences to the families of the deceased. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of these brutal and senseless terrorist attacks.
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Acts of terror and indiscriminate bloodshed and killing like these have no place in any civilized society. This incident hits very close to home for us as we pray in Mosques everyday and can easily visualize ourselves in the place of the victims of these senseless acts of terrorism. We strongly condemn any such act whether it be against our Muslim brothers and sisters congregating for prayers or against our Christian & Jewish brothers and sisters coming together to show gratitude to their lord, or any group on any basis for that matter.
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Although there is a sense of unease, we must remain optimistic and hopeful as Allah has ordained in the Holy Qur\u2019an:
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\u201cSeek help through patience and prayer, and it is indeed exacting, except for those who are humble in their hearts; those who bear in mind that they are to meet their Lord and that to Him they are to return.\u201d
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We must come back to the instructions of our Prophet Muhammad (SAW):
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\u201cThe (likeness of a) Believer to another believer is like that of a building (one part of it) supports (and strengthens) the other\u201d.
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So let us stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters from Sri-Lanka and support them and strengthen them through any means possible. Let us remain hopeful and optimistic as the intent of such terror attacks is only to incite fear and create panic within the community. We will not give in to acts of cowardice nor will we stop practicing our religion. We will live holding fast to our faith standing side by side with our neighbours and friends.
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These inhumane acts are a clear display of the presence of sectarianism, hatred, and ignorance. The memory of the Christchurch shooting is still fresh in the minds of many Muslims. The Canadian Muslim Alliance urges all Canadians, Muslims and otherwise, whether they prescribe to a faith group or not, to stand united against hatred and intolerance, and to stay vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour or activities to the police and law enforcement agencies.
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We end by praying for all those affected by the horrific events. We pray for patience to the families and communities who are affected. May Allah safeguard us, our caring neighbours, and friends in SriLanka, Canada, and across the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[English below] L’Alliance canadienne musulmane est profond\u00e9ment attrist\u00e9e et perturb\u00e9e par l’attaque de nos fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs chr\u00e9tiens dans les \u00e9glises et h\u00f4tels du Sri Lanka. Nous adressons nos condol\u00e9ances aux familles des d\u00e9funts. Nos pens\u00e9es et nos pri\u00e8res accompagnent les familles des victimes de ces attaques terroristes brutales et insens\u00e9es. Des actes de terreur […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cma-amc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}