Muslim clerics endorse anti-terrorism fatwa
What with Obama’s victory and a large group of Muslim clerics taking a very public and vocal stand against terrorism, I can’t help but feel optimistic about the possibility of positive change.
From UPI:
About 6,000 Muslim clerics from around India approved a fatwa against terrorism Saturday at a conference in Hyderabad.
Maulana Qari Mohammad Usman Mansoorpuri, president of the Jamaiat-Ulama-i-Hind, called terrorism the most serious problem facing Islam, The Hindu reported. He blamed Islamic radicals for their actions and the news media for failing to distinguish between the radicals and the majority of Muslims.
“We have no love for offenders whichever religion they might belong to,” he said. “Our concern is that innocents should not be targeted and the career of educated youth not ruined. The government should ensure transparency in investigation.”
India has the world’s second-largest Muslim population after Indonesia, although Hindus outnumber Muslims. The meeting was also expected to address issues like national integration.
“Islam rejects all kinds of unjust violence, breach of peace, bloodshed, murder and plunder and does not allow it in any form. Cooperation should be done for the cause of good but not for committing sin or oppression,” the fatwa written at the Darul Uloom Deoband, India’s foremost Islamic seminary.
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Published: Nov 09 2008
it is great to hear that indian muslims are giving an official opinion on that.
btw, i was interested in seeing the whole fatwa but couldn’t find it here http://darulifta-deoband.org. maybe it takes them a while to put it up.