In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah and peace and blessings upon Muhammad, his family and his companions
ISLAMIS A CALL FOR PEACE
Allah, Most High says; “And Allah invites [all] to the abode of peace”. We learned through the media about what was announced by the Canadian Government concerning the discovery of a terrorist group which was planning to engage in destructive actions in Canada. It was said that this group belongs to the Islamic faith. We wish to emphasize the following:
Firstly: We strongly condemn such actions, ideas and the motives from which they arise and declare them to be contrary to Islamic values which call for peaceful human co-existence, tolerance and definitively prohibits any aggression against persons or properties.
Secondly: We wish to acknowledge the efforts by the Canadian government in dealing with its Muslim citizens and appreciate that.
Thirdly: We appreciate the co-existence, tolerance  which characterizes the relationship between different constituents of the Canadian people; Muslims and non-Muslims as one people, one state and one community that makes no distinction between its citizens based on religious or ethnic bases, as we noted in our visits to Canada
Fourthly: We call on Muslims to condemn the ideas, actions and behavior [of the said group] in the strongest way possible way and to stand in one rank against such a deviant terrorist minority which distorts the image of Islam and Muslims. We also call ion the Government and people of Canada to avoid generalizations in their discourses and to be assured that [true] Muslims are good citizens as their faith does not  pose any problem with respect to co-existence and integration in the context of law and mutual respect.
Finally: we declare our solidarity with the people of Canada, with all its constituents and religions against ant behavior that calls for violence and hatred and disruption of social peace.

Shaikh Abdullah Bin BayyahVice President, International Union of Muslim Scholars