This, added to a number of uplifting stories about the Hajj, is a nice counter balance to the German Catholic Church molestation meme of the weekend.
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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. > > > > Find this article at: > http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/03/fatwa.against.terror/index.html > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > -- > The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. > - B. F. Skinner - > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
