The local Muslim community has condemned the recent terrorist bomb explosions in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Imam, Muhammad el Sadi, said the news was received with great sorrow and resentment.

"Certainly, the Muslim Community condemns without reservation such a criminal and terrorist offence and any other similar attacks on innocent people irrespective of their faiths, colours or race.

"As if it was not enough for the suicide bomber to aim at killing innocent people, he committed another heinous crime be relating his aggressive operation to Jihad and Islam," the Imam said.

"Of course, this is an injustice against the beautiful and true meaning of Jihad, which is a struggle for a noble cause and for self purification, and against Islam, which means peace, and forbids the killing of innocent people."

The Imam said that even if in certain countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, the forces of some western countries were committing injustices against innocent Muslim people, it was forbidden for Muslims to kill innocent citizens of those western countries, because injustice was not treated by another injustice but by fairness.

"While we believe that terrorism has no justification and that it is the outcome of extremist, misleading thought, we should admit that injustices, disrespect, racism, and provocation against Muslims are feeding more terrorism," he said.

"Muslim and non-Muslim governments should find out why there is such a sense of anger, humiliation and frustration among some highly educated Muslim youths, like doctors and engineers, which lead them to sacrifice themselves and kill innocent people believing that they are going to heaven!

"We hope that these governments examine their foreign and internal policies and do justice with their citizens and the citizens of other countries. There is no peace without justice."

The Imam said the Muslim community was also calling upon certain western governments to curb discrimination against Muslim minorities. It also called on Muslims in Europe to be true peaceful Muslims and to be law abiding citizens or residents.

"Muslim emigrants in Europe should be grateful to the European countries which sheltered and hosted them, and they should show such gratitude by sincerity and hard work for the common good of their respective European societies."

Two bombs went off in busy Stockholm streets on Saturday, killing only the bomber. He had previously recorded a message warning that an "Islamic state" has been created and many will die.

The bomber is believed to have been Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, who disappeared from his family home in Luton, English, around two weeks ago.

The Iraqi-born Swede is at the centre of an international counter-terrorism inquiry involving police and security services in Britain and Sweden. Investigators are focusing on how al-Abdaly was radicalised from an apparently happy family man to a suspected murderous fanatic.

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