VOA标准英语2012--US Muslim Leaders Condemn Violent Protests in Libya, Egypt
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
US Muslim Leaders Condemn 1 Violent Protests in Libya, Egypt
The violence in Benghazi and Cairo has shocked Americans -- including American Muslims.
A group of U.S. Muslim leaders joined other clergy 2 at the National Press Club here in Washington on Wednesday to condemn the killing 3 of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
"We mourn the loss of a champion of freedom," said Imam Mohamed Majid, President of the Indiana-based Islamic Society of North America.
Stevens was killed at the U.S. consulate 4 in Benghazi in protests that erupted over the release of a film mocking Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
Majid says it offended him.
"It's okay to be angry; it's okay to be upset because we love the Prophet. But the way we respond is in the prophetic way, in his way, not the dictated 5 way from other people who tell us we're going to incite 6 you to commit violence so you can distort the image of your prophet furthermore," he said.
The film also offended Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism here in Washington.
"It was made to insult, to degrade, to denigrate 7, to mock religion in a way that common sense would have told them it was likely to evoke 8 violence, and to do at such a time, to release it just at 9/11 [i.e., September 11, the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington] was a particularly repugnant act by those who were involved with the film," Saperstein said.
Similar protests have erupted before. In 2008 in Indonesia, violence erupted in response to a film by a Dutch politician that attacked Islam's holy book, the Quran.
Haris Tarin, Washington Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, an advocacy group that promotes the integration 9 of Muslims in American society, says there is a small, but committed segment of U.S. society that is trying to defame Islam.
"They're not in the business of trying to promote understanding, better relations, democracy. They're in the business of demonizing, of hate mongering and trying to marginalize American Muslim communities and incite U.S.-majority Muslim country relations," Tarin said.
Tarin says the protesters in Libya and Egypt were incited 10 by the film to riot, but that they are wrong if they think that America is anti-Muslim. "And the last message that I want to send to our brethren in the Muslim world is that Muslims in America are a vibrant 11 community who enjoy religious freedom to its utmost," he said.
These religious leaders say this is not a conflict between Islam and America, but between fringe groups who want to incite one.
- Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。
- We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。
- I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望,我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
- All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
- The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
- He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
- No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家,非常会调动群众的情绪。
- Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将,就会干。
- It was unkind to denigrate her achievement.贬低她的成就是刻薄的。
- To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.坚持这一点就是贬低警方的办事能力。
- These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响。
- Her only resource was the sympathy she could evoke.她以凭借的唯一力量就是她能从人们心底里激起的同情。
- We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
- This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。
- He incited people to rise up against the government. 他煽动人们起来反对政府。
- The captain's example incited the men to bravery. 船长的榜样激发了水手们的勇敢精神。