{"id":14114,"date":"2014-04-26T10:52:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T10:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/muslim-clerics-denounce-radicalisation\/"},"modified":"2014-04-26T10:52:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T10:52:29","slug":"muslim-clerics-denounce-radicalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/muslim-clerics-denounce-radicalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Clerics Denounce Radicalisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-5508 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dn_muslims_2604_b_jpg.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Muslim clerics from around the world have urged local religious leaders to reach out to the youth and deter them from falling into the trap of radicalisation.}}<\/p>\n<p>At the first Annual Islamic Conference in Nairobi on Saturday attended by thousands of Muslim faithful, the clerics said the core message of Islam had been corrupted by a few individuals posing as Sheikhs with the intent of turning the youth to violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany in the world have misunderstood and abused the message of Prophet Muhammad. That is why we call on all local teachers to refresh the people\u2019s understanding of the lifestyle and teachings of the Prophet,\u201d said Sheikh Ahmed Hameed.<\/p>\n<p>London based Muslim scholar and Imam Wasim Kempson said Prophet Muhammad is \u201cthe most misunderstood individual\u201d in modern times but this is not a reason to respond with violence and say \u201coff with the heads\u201d of those who insult the Prophet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are emotional beings, and someone who insults the Prophet is seen as someone who has insulted your mother. But we should practice restraint and avoid knee-jerk reactions. We should respond in a way that reflects and demonstrates the good nature of the Prophet,\u201d said Imam Hameed.<\/p>\n<p>National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale who also attended the conference said that a small group of false teachers had managed to grab media attention and propagate false stereotypes about the religion and those who practice it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIslam stands for peace, tolerance and co-existence, and none of these radical Sheikhs seem to be preaching this message. It is really unfortunate that our sisters\u2019 mode of dressing (the hijab) is now being seen as a security risk,\u201d said Duale.<\/p>\n<p>The conference comes at a time when tensions are running high in the country after a series of terrorist attacks that led to heightened security and the arrest of hundreds of suspects.<\/p>\n<p>NMG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Muslim clerics from around the world have urged local religious leaders to reach out to the youth and deter them from falling into the trap of radicalisation.}} At the first Annual Islamic Conference in Nairobi on Saturday attended by thousands of Muslim faithful, the clerics said the core message of Islam had been corrupted by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2000051878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[99],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-14114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000051878,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton14114.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton14114.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton14114.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton14114.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton14114.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton14114.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000051878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14114"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=14114"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=14114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}