Spain Muslims Issue Fatwa Against Bin Laden
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Spain Muslims Issue Fatwa Against Bin Laden
By DANIEL WOOLLS
MADRID, Spain - Muslim clerics in Spain issued what they called the world's first fatwa, or Islamic edict, against Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) on Thursday, the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, calling him an apostate and urging others of their faith to denounce the al-Qaida leader.
The ruling was issued by the Islamic Commission of Spain, the main body representing the country's 1 million-member Muslim community. The commission represents 200 or so mostly Sunni mosques, or about 70 percent of all mosques in Spain.
The March 11, 2004, train bombings killed 191 people and were claimed in videotapes by militants who said they had acted on al-Qaida's behalf in revenge for Spain's troop deployment in Iraq (news - web sites).
The commission's secretary general, Mansur Escudero, said the group had consulted with Muslim leaders in other countries, such as Morocco — home to most of the jailed suspects in the bombings — Algeria and Libya, and had their support.
"They agree," Escudero said, referring to the Muslim leaders in the three North African countries. "What I want is that they say so publicly."
The fatwa said that according to the Quran "the terrorist acts of Osama bin Laden and his organization al-Qaida ... are totally banned and must be roundly condemned as part of Islam."
It added: "Inasmuch as Osama bin Laden and his organization defend terrorism as legal and try to base it on the Quran ... they are committing the crime of 'istihlal' and thus become apostates that should not be considered Muslims or treated as such." The Arabic term 'istihlal' refers to the act of making up one's own laws.
Escudero said a fatwa can be issued by any Muslim leader who leads prayer sessions and as he serves such a role, he himself lawfully issued the edict.
He called it an unprecedented condemnation of bin Laden. "We felt now we had the responsibility and obligation to make this declaration," he said in an interview.
"I hope there is a positive reaction from Muslims," he added.
Asked if the edict meant Muslims had to help police try to arrest the world's most wanted man — who is believed to be hiding along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan (news - web sites) — Escudero said: "We don't get involved in police affairs but we do feel that all Muslims are obliged to ... keep anyone from doing unjustified damage to other people." -
what took them so long...
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Fear, pain and terror.
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ooo now thats a good move.
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few million muslim worldwide vs a couple thousand over in middle east...
I'd think non muslim would support the move towards denouncing JI, AQ and whatever extremist thoughts... -
wats a fatwa?
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A fatwa is a religious decree, or judgment, issued by a recognized Islamic legal authority. Fatwas can involve simple, everyday matters or more serious issues.
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World's religious conflicts among muslims and chistians go back to thousand years.
Changes can only happen from within. But there was no opportunity for doing so for ages. Western powers cannot solve such problem. Science and technological progress or modernization cannot solve such problems.
Here is one : now muslims themselves are the victims they would have motivation to speak out and change from their own view points. There was already some recognition by muslims that their brethrens might be out of hand or out of context with the god's teaching.
The rest of the world will only need to stay cool and watch or understand. The more the west interfere the worst it may turn out to be. Remember, the origin of conflict is religious and so men have smaller voice. Tsunami disaster was the beginning of certain rapprochement between such foremost religions. One thing is certain, when it comes to final judgment men's fate is in god's hand whichever it the particular god. Who know enough anyway? Hehe just an opinion from kaypo
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usually, these fatwas are "made" by the maniacs themselves against their perceived enemies and exhort the muslim faithful to go out and commit murder against the targets of these edicts..
so, what is this fatwa going to consist of?
that they denounce Osama?
or they go "actively seek out and murder him" like the fatwa against Salman Rushdie? -
Originally posted by the Bear:
The fatwas issued by terrorists are illegitimate. Murder goes against Islam and the word Jihad these terrorists use so frequently is distorted. in true Jihad murder of innocents is a big offense
[b]usually, these fatwas are "made" by the maniacs themselves against their perceived enemies and exhort the muslim faithful to go out and commit murder against the targets of these edicts..
Most likely so, but the greater impact is that they have effectively declared Osama's teachings null and void.
so, what is this fatwa going to consist of?
that they denounce Osama? -
you know the fatwas issued by the terrorists are illegitimate
i know the fatwas issued by the terrorists are illegitimate
but do the maniacs who are brainwashed by Hamas, The Islamic Jihad and other miscellaneous terrorist groups know that?
to them, the terrorists are speaking for Allah or something like that.. i think the terrorists would be issuing a counter-fatwa (is there such a thing?) against everyone who is supportive of the Spanish one..
and probably exhort everyone who will listen to go out and murder those leaders who issued the Spanish one...
something is going to give soon..