“We welcome his call that Muslims should do more against extremism. I welcome his call that Muslims should fight on a theological front against extremists,” the imam told Global News.
Source/Credit: Global News
By By Dan Spector | June 25, 2017
After a Montrealer shouted “Allahu akbar” and then stabbed a police officer in Flint, Mich., Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard angered many Muslims by saying, “Unfortunately, you cannot disconnect this type of event from Islam in general.”
But Imam Luqman Ahmed expressed agreement after his Eid sermon at the Ahmadiyya Islamic Centre in Montreal North.
“If the statement means that somehow Islamic teachings justify terrorism, then I do not agree with this statement. But if it means that within the larger Muslim community, there is a problem with extremism, then I think he is right,” Ahmed told Global News.
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