A very widely respected muslim cleric condemns terrorism in a fatwa.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/03/fatwa.against.terror/index.html
Muslim scholar's fatwa condemns terrorism
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Suicide bombers are destined for hell, author declares in a 600-page fatwa
* Tahir ul-Qadri, author of the religious ruling, also criticizes
those who justify violence
* His foundation says ul-Qadri is a "respected authority on
Islamic jurisprudence"
London, England (CNN) -- A Muslim scholar has issued a fatwa, or
religious ruling, that says suicide bombers are destined for hell.
Tahir ul-Qadri condemned terrorism and criticized Islamic extremists
who cite their religion to justify violence.
Ul-Qadri's 600-page fatwa is "arguably the most comprehensive
theological refutation of Islamist terrorism to date," according to
the Quilliam Foundation, a London organization that describes itself
as a counterterrorism think tank.
"Terrorism is terrorism," ul-Qadri said at a news conference hosted by
the foundation. "Violence is violence. It has no place in Islamic
teaching, and no justification can be provided to it ..."
Ul-Qadri is the founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran, an organization with
hundreds of thousands of followers in South Asia and the United
Kingdom, according to the Quilliam Foundation.
The foundation refers to ul-Qadri as a mainstream Muslim scholar who
is a "widely recognized and respected authority on Islamic
jurisprudence."
He criticized Muslims who, in justifying terrorism, say it furthers
the goal of correcting wrongs done to Muslims.
"No good intention -- even one thousand good intentions put together
-- cannot justify a wrong and forbidden act," he said. "Good
intentions cannot convert a wrong into good."
Some extremists have interpreted the Quran to suggest that those who
kill in the name of Allah will be rewarded after death with 72 virgins
and a place in paradise.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/03/fatwa.against.terror/index.html
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