Many Muslims denounce strikes in Afghanistan as attack against Islam - 9/11

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:42:47 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt (October 7, 2001 6:11 p.m. EDT) - Moderate Arab nations were hesitant to comment on the U.S. and British strikes on Afghanistan, but in the streets across the Muslim world, many denounced it as a war against Arabs and Muslims. Moustafa Abdel Salam, a 28-year-old Cairo accountant, said America is now fighting terrorism, when it is the one that has created terrorism from the beginning. He said he was worried the United States would use the attacks to falsely accuse Arab and Islamic countries of terrorism.