[Reader-list] Anti Terrorism Fatwa

[Lalit Ambardar]

There can be no better deterrent
against jihadi terror than invoking the wroth of very God that is purportedly the
inspiration for terrorism. Such strong voices should have emanated earlier.

Due cognisance of  the suicide car bombing in Srinagar on the eve
of the year 2000 X-mas by the Birmingham born Bilal Ahmed could possibly have
averted 9/11 & scores of other attacks worldwide. 

Regards all 

LA

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> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:01:08 +0530
> From: aliens at dataone.in
> To: javedmasoo at gmail.com
> CC: reader-list at sarai.net
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Anti Terrorism Fatwa
> 
> 
> It is welcome move to issue such fatwa that suicide bombing was banned by Islam without any excuses, any pretexts, or exceptions. Suicide is always condemnable by almost all the religions and nothing new in it. So, it can be counted as a teaching statement rather than issuing fatwa. Similarly, Islamic group has even earlier issued fatwa against any kind of violence/terrorism in general. But, what today need is fatwa against terrorists or terrorists group specifically to pressurize them to stop terrorism. When you can give fatwa against Taslima Nasreen and Salman Rashdie specifically then why not issue fatwa against any terrorist specifically. This is what required in today's time. Can any of Islamic group dare to do this? It will be welcome.
> 
> Thanks
> Bipin
> 
> 
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> Anti Terrorism Fatwa
> 
> Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
> 
> Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistani lawmaker issued an anti
> terrorism fatwa in London this Tuesday. It stated that suicide bombing
> was banned by Islam “without any excuses, any pretexts, or
> exceptions.” This is a great stand and one that many other
> organizations have taken before. Even recently after the incident at
> Fort Hood, The National Coalition of South Asian Organizations
> released ‘their fatwa.’ The NCSO consists of over twenty organizations
> who had issued this strong statement after the tragedy in Fort Hood.
> It is not any different from most of the voices I heard in the Mumbai
> taxis. Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Parsis and Jews traveling through
> bustling Bombay commented on this unfortunate misconception between
> Islam and Terror and voiced the same concern as Muhammad
> Tahir-ul-Qadri and The Quilliam Foundation.
> 
> When will mainstream media truly pay attention to all the voices of
> dissent? Like I said , a great stand but one which has been stated by
> the common man for decades. May this fatwa enter the domain of pop
> culture and be talked about on twitter, blogs, backyards in Alabama,
> streets of Kabul, Mc Donalds kitchens and headlines of every big
> publication Worldwide as much as it was talked about in the Mumbai
> taxis. Inshallah!
> 
> http://thetaxitakes.com/anti-terrorism-fatwa/
> -------
> 
> Some experts see fatwa as significant blow to terrorist recruiting
> By Kiran Khalid, CNN
> March 3, 2010
> Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A fatwa, or religious ruling, issued this
> week is roiling theological waters after it took aim at those
> notorious for targeting others: terrorists.
> 
> The anti-terrorism fatwa by renowned Muslim scholar Muhammad Tahir
> ul-Qadri pulled no punches, declaring that terrorism was "haraam," or
> forbidden by the Quran, and that suicide bombers would be rewarded not
> by 72 virgins in heaven, as many terrorist recruiters promise, but
> with a suite in hell.
> 
> Qadri, the founder of the Minhaj-ul-Quran International, an Islamic
> movement with centers in 90 countries, told a news conference in
> London, England, on Tuesday that his decree categorically condemns
> terrorism and suicide bombings in the name of Islam.
> 
> "Until now, scholars who were condemning terrorism were conditional
> and qualified what they said," Qadri said in a phone interview, noting
> that his 600-page ruling left no room for interpretation. "I didn't
> leave a single, minor aspect that, in the mind of radicals or
> extremists, can take them to the direction of martyrdom."
> 
> The 59-year-old Pakistani scholar called his fatwa an "absolute"
> condemnation, going as far as to label the terrorists themselves
> "kafirs," a term in the Quran meaning "unbeliever."
> 
> "This fatwa has the potential to be a highly significant step towards
> eradicating Islamist terrorism," Quilliam, a counter-extremism think
> tank based in London, said in a statement.
> 
> Manan Ahmed, assistant professor of Islam in South and Southeast Asia
> at the Institute for Islamic Studies in Berlin, agreed, calling the
> fatwa "unprecedented."
> 
> "This is a landmark theological study -- a careful and systematic
> treatment of a thousand years of legal tradition dealing with armed
> resistance against the state, rules of engagement, aspects. The fatwa
> itself ... is categorically and comprehensively against terrorism in
> any form and for any cause," Ahmed said.
> 
> Many skeptics questioned whether an intellectual dismantling of al
> Qaeda's religious philosophy could have any impact on recruiting
> terrorists in places like Pakistan, where many potential foot soldiers
> don't have access to education, much less academic discourse.
> 
> Ahmed says it can.
> 
> "This is not an academic or an intellectual argument alone. This is a
> theological argument, based in the Qur'an and Sunnah [practice of the
> Prophet]," Ahmed said. "What it provides are easily available
> argumentation and proof for the millions of preachers across Pakistan,
> who can, in turn, incorporate this into their weekly sermons."
> 
> Ahmed says where it will undoubtedly leave an indelible mark is
> online. Just this week, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Custer, head of
> intelligence at the U.S. military's Central Command, told the CBS
> program "60 Minutes" that "without a doubt, the Internet is the single
> most important venue for the radicalization of Islamic youth."
> 
> In the recent case involving five young Americans from the Virginia
> area, known as the "D.C. Five," who are in a Pakistani jail
> potentially facing terrorism charges, the so-called ringleader Ramy
> Zamzam allegedly had contact with radical Islamist Web sites. Last
> week, 24 year-old Afghan-born American Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty
> to conspiring to blow up high-density targets in New York City.
> Prosecutors allege he, too, communicated online with terrorists.
> 
> Salman Ahmad, the lead singer of the Pakistani rock band "Junoon" and
> author of "Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution," says
> it's young men in the West who can be influenced the most by Qadri's
> arguments.
> 
> "The fatwa by the Pakistani Islamic scholar is an important positive
> religious ruling and it has been made in the West, where a lot of
> young impressionable Muslim kids are being brainwashed by the
> terrorists to commit murder and suicide in the name of Islam," Ahmad
> said.
> 
> "It's about time Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda realize that Muslims
> will not allow their faith and identity to be hijacked by a bunch of
> thugs masquerading as holy men."
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/terror.fatwa.analysis/
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