An Interview with Mosque Muslim Leader, Brookfield Physician Mushir Hassan, Islam and the West, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam and the West

An Interview with Mosque Muslim Leader, Brookfield Physician Mushir Hassan

by Rory Linnane

A: Obviously one of the things we’ve had to deal with is that there’s been a frequent association of Islam with violence. And so with that, we’ve had a little bit more difficulty in addressing people who would be inherently suspicious from the get-go, that we have to try and communicate with and show that what we’re about and what these extremist radicals are about are different things, and we condemn what they’re doing.

Because there’s been such a strong persistent association of Islam with violence, we have to counter that to say no, this is not something we agree with. It’s something that we stand resolutely against, not just for our own neighbors, but even for our own kids, so our kids understand that this is not something we do. We value human life, and we value respect for other humans.

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