Muslims launch #NotInMyName hashtag to condemn Paris attacks

A Facebook post from Leigh Matthews, a graphic designer from Wales, in which he urged people to restrain from condemning ordinary Muslims for the attacks, has had more than 50,000 shares.

“Like the terrorists who want to divide communities, there will be a few in the days ahead who will try to use this atrocity to attack innocent people”.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks, in which police say attackers worked in three synchronized teams, wearing matching suicide vests and carrying the same weapons.

Friday’s attacks in Paris, recent attacks in Beirut, tomorrow attacks in somewhere else round the globe.

“To do it in the name of Islam is a total disgrace and is the antithesis of what Islam stands for”, he says.

Because of the general negative viewpoint of Muslims, seen widely as terrorists, Daily Beast writer Dean Obeidallah admits that when he heard of the Paris attacks, his first thought was: “Please don’t let the attackers be Muslims”.

The society’s president, Mohammad Ali Chaudry, who also teaches at Rutgers, told NorthJersey.com he will be part of a panel discussion on the New Brunswick on Tuesday that includes representatives of law enforcement and Homeland Security as well as Muslim groups.

“Islamic State do not represent any religion, they are simply criminals and terrorists”.

Shocked and disgusted, the world has condemned the Paris attacks in a unified voice.

“Such views and interpretation can and sadly does lead to behaviours and acts of terrorism, where they are out on a rampage to destroy others who are different from them”, she said.

“EMF strongly condemns the wave of violence that shook the capital”, the group wrote in French on its site.

National president Imam Inam-ul-Haq Kauser said the community offered its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the innocent victims of the attacks on Friday, French time. “Islam calls for people to smile, it calls for people to have good relationships with their family, to pray, and help people who are marginalized”. Tweets with hashtag #TerrorismHasNoReligion are trending in the social media with the responses of people standing against the blame.