¿HAY MUSULMANES MODERADOS? PARECE QUE ALGUNO SÍ

Hemos pedido en otros posts que los musulmanes moderados alcen su voz y dejen claro que existen versiones no extremistas ni radicales de esa religión, que desautoricen a los islamistas terroristas y a las versiones integristas que difunden algunos imames por todo el mundo.

Que el Islam no es una religión que impulsa la violencia es algo que estamos acostumbrados a escuchar, pero raramente esta afirmación viene seguida de otras declaraciones por parte de destacados musulmanes que vayan dirigidas a los creyentes de esa religión donde se establezca las distancias entre el Corán y los extremistas. Sería muy beneficioso para poder cambiar la imagen que la mayoría de los occidentales tenemos sobre esa religión, y también lo sería para que los creyentes no contemplaran las acciones terroristas como un paso más en la lucha por la defensa de su religión, cuyo último objetivo verdadero es ganar un espacio propio en su cielo particular. Tawfik Hamid en Wall Street Journal ha escrito una pequeña columna que va en ese sentido y que reproduzco íntegra a continuación:

"By TAWFIK HAMID

It's unclear whether or not the Rev. Terry Jones will go ahead with his highly publicized Quran burning this evening in Florida. But Muslims can play a major role in preventing a violent response to any burnings of their holy book.

Islamic scholars can emphasize that the Quran clearly teaches that no one can be punished on account of the actions of others (surra 6, verse 164). In other words, it is against the value system of the Quran to punish Americans or Christians because of the acts of a small minority.

In addition, leading Islamic authorities should issue a powerful fatwa against those who might respond to Quran burning with violence against non-Muslims. The fatwa must clearly state that those who react by carrying out violent acts against non-Muslims are apostates. It should also say that those who attack non-Muslims to seek revenge will not be buried with Muslims and will go to hell forever.

These are the kind of words—unfortunately—that resonate with Islamic radicals. Fatwas that simply condemn violent acts as 'un-Islamic' are too weak to produce any significant effect.

The best example for Muslims to follow in this case is what the Quran says about Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) when his father threatened to stone him to death for refusing to follow the pagan beliefs common in their society. The response of Abraham—who the Quran calls "the role model of all prophets"—was not revenge, but rather an offering of peace (19:46-47). "Dost thou hate my gods, O Ibrahim? If thou forbear not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a long while!" says the father. To this, Abraham replies: "Peace be upon thee! I shall ask my Sustainer to forgive thee. For behold, He has always been kind unto me."

The more Muslims follow this model, the more they can bring peace to the world. And the more tolerance Muslims show for values like freedom of expression, the less others will think of burning the Quran.

If the Muslim world followed the authoritative guide of Quranic verse 41:34—"Nor can goodness and evil be equal. Respond to evil with doing good deeds to the evil doer. Then will he, between whom and thyself was hatred, become as though he was thy friend and intimate!"—there would not be a so-called clash of civilizations.

Mr. Hamid, a former member of the Islamic radical group Jamma Islamiya, is an Islamic reformer and a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies".

Me gustaría disponer de declaraciones similares de líderes espirituales e intelectuales musulmanes que se hayan realizado en España. Si alguien está dispuesto a proporcionarlas le estaría agradecido.