MAPS condemns loss of innocent lives in Syria and Egypt
Assalamu Alaikum my dear community members, / Peace be up on you

"As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help." Quran 3:56

In the Ayat from Quran above, Allah SWT is clearly describing the punishment that the perpetrators of crimes against humanity will face both in this world and in the Hereafter. May God Almighty protect humanity and bring all of us together in these testing times. Increase our bonding and make us more stronger.

First two weeks of April 2017 have been devastating for humanity. The perpetrators of the heinous crimes hit humanity without any regard to religion, race, gender and age.

On April 4th 2017, at least 72 people, including 11 children, were killed and 550 innocent people were injured in a heinous attack on the innocent men, women and children in Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province in Syria by one of the worst chemical bombings.

On April 9th 2017, two suicide bombings at two Coptic churches in Egypt destroyed a peaceful gathering of our Christian brothers and sisters.  At least 27 people were killed inside a church in the northern city of Tanta, and at least 16 were killed outside a church in Alexandria.

MAPS stands with the peace loving people of the world to express our condemnation of these senseless acts of mass murder perpetrated against innocent civilians in both instances. Such senseless violent acts, are very disturbing and against the very fabric of what makes us human.

We have repeatedly said that groups like ISIS and those who are influenced by them "are not us and we are not them. Their interpretation of Islam is twisted and wrong no matter how much they justify it." Let me make it clear once more in unequivocal terms: the ideology of groups like ISIS is ignorant, wrong, destructive, twisted, sinful, murderous and has absolutely no place whatsoever in Islam! Our position on this is unconditional, categorical and absolute!

Every human life is scared in Islam and anyone who kills an innocent  is as though has killed all man kind and anyone who saves a single life is a though saved the humanity (Quran 5:32). Let us all join together towards protecting innocents lives around the world.

We pray for the day when love overpowers hatred and when each human life is valued and protected.
Ameen

Mahmood Khadeer
MAPS President