Hostage Families Visit Mosque to Plea for Help

The families of the 21 remaining South Korean Christians held by the Taliban in Afghanistan visited an Islamic mosque in Seoul Saturday to plea to Muslims for help in the release of the hostages.Family members delivered a letter to the mosque appealing for Muslims worldwide to urge the Taliban to release the captives,mostly women,who are said to be ill.“These children went to act on their love beyond race,religion and borders,”read the letter,according to The AP.It also emphasized that the Presbyterian church group went to Afghanistan to offer aid and “not just out of religious zeal” as the Taliban had accused the volunteers.The family further explained that the group went to pay the debt Koreans owed to the world for their economic growth since the Korean War.“We still believe Korea is still Afghanistan’s friend.Please send our twenty-one children home that we may hug them once again,”the families urged.The elder brother of captive Lee Ji-young said,"We asked mosque officials to convey our letter of appeal to Islamic groups across the world,"according to Yonhap news agency.He added that the letter was written in Korean,English and Arabic.Since the abduction,Muslims have more vocally condemned the Taliban’s kidnapping of the innocent volunteer group and appealed for their release.On Friday,the chairman of the 30-million strong Muhammadiyah Muslim organization in Indonesia labeled the Taliban’s action as “in violation of Islamic principles and teaching,”according to Agence France-Presse.He criticized the Taliban for undermining the image of Islam and Muslims around the world.The statement issued by the Muslim leader further criticized the Taliban’s action as “in contradiction to the universal principles of humanity.”The Muslim leader concluded by calling on the Taliban to release the South Korean hostages “immediately” and “unconditionally” to be reunited with their families.
Similarly, hundreds of Muslims in South Korea had called for the release of the Korean Christian hostages on July 27 during their prayer meeting.The sermon that evening had emphasized that Islam respects human life and killing is forbidden unless for a just cause...

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