One
day after the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) released a video
showing the brutal beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff–the
second American journalist ISIS has decapitated on video–Secretary of State John Kerry gave a speech saying that Islam is a “peaceful religion based on the dignity of all human beings,” and that ISIS is not “the real face of Islam.”
“I
want to take advantage of this podium and of this moment to underscore
as powerfully as I know how, that the face of Islam is not the butchers
who killed Steven Sotloff. That’s ISIL,” Kerry said at a ceremony
honoring Shaarik Zafar, who was just appointed as the State Department’s
special representative to Muslim communities.
“The face of Islam
is not the nihilists who know only how to destroy, not to build,” he
said. “It’s not masked cowards whose actions are an ugly insult to the
peaceful religion that they violate every single day with their
barbarity and whose fundamental principles they insult with their
actions.”
“The real face of Islam is a peaceful religion based on
the dignity of all human beings,” Kerry said. “It’s one where Muslim
communities are leading the fight against poverty. It’s one where Muslim
communities are providing basic healthcare and emergency assistance on
the front lines of some of our most devastating humanitarian crises. And
it is one where Muslim communities are advocating for universal human
rights and fundamental freedoms, including the most basic freedom to
practice one’s faith openly and freely.
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