“Nothing justifies this barbaric and inhumane attack,” said Nasim Rehmatullah, vice president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the US.

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“Islam and the Prophet Muhammad teach that life is sacrosanct, and Islam specifically forbids any worldly punishment for blasphemy. The culprits behind this atrocity have violated every Islamic tenet of compassion, justice, and peace,” he said.

Edgar Hopida from Islamic Society of North America also said that nothing can justify killing innocent people in Islamic thought.

“We hope that law enforcement agencies apprehend the perpetrators, and that they are brought to justice for their crimes,” he told The Anadolu Agency.

“The Prophet always responded with mercy and forgiveness. No matter what grievances individuals or communities might have, violence is never the answer,” he said.

Islamic literature and the Quran hold that, during his lifetime in the early 6th century, the Prophet Muhammad faced continuous insults, persecution and assassination attempts by his opponents. He reacted to these personal attacks without retaliation of any sort, even after he led a persecuted minority movement to become a dominant social and political force in Arabia.

Muslim community leaders summarily distanced themselves from the gunmen’s’ actions, and agreed that speech that mocks faiths and religious figures cannot… read more at albawaba.com