“Muslim world had soured on bin Laden since 9/11”
A May 2, 2011, CNN story says the Muslim world had largely soured on bin Laden since 9/11.
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“Bin Laden Killing Draws Praise From Allies but Concern About Reprisals”
In a New York Times article about reactions worldwide, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammed, former head of the militant Islamist group Al Muhajiroun, called bin Laden a martyr and predicted “he will be a role model to Muslim youth.”
“The mourners of bin Laden”
Leaders of Hamas and the Taliban mourned the death of Osama bin Laden and threatened retaliation.
“Opinion: For Muslims, a reason to rejoice”
Arsalan Iftikhar, an international human rights lawyer who is also founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and global managing editor for The Crescent Post in Washington, D.C., called bin Laden’s death a reason for rejoicing by Muslims.
“U.S. Muslims hope bin Laden death will ease pressure”
CNN reports that U.S. Muslims hope the death will ease pressure on their community.
“Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf Praises Pres. Obama For Killing Osama Bin Laden”
Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf, the cleric behind the controversial plan to build an Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center site, praised Obama for ordering the killing of bin Laden.
“CAIR Welcomes Elimination of Osama bin Laden”
CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and a prominent Muslim advocacy group, issued a statement that “welcomed the announcement of the elimination of Osama bin Laden as a threat to America and the world.”
“MPAC Greets Bin Laden’s Death With Sense of Relief”
The Muslim Public Affairs Council issued a statement expressing “an immense sense of relief” at bin Laden’s death.
“The Death of Bin Laden.”
A contributor at Vox Nova, a Catholic group blog, writes that killing someone “will never be an act of justice … but rather, brings further loss onto the world.”