Minaret of Freedom Institute News Release at http://www.minaret.org/releases.html#fcna
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!!!!! Contact: Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. 301-907-0947 MUSLIM THINK TANK HAILS FATWA AGAINST TERRORISM Washington, DC (July 28, 2005). Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, president of the Minaret of Freedom Institute (MFI), a Washington, DC area Islamic policy research institute, today hailed the fatwa against terrorism and extremist violence issued by the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA). For years we have been explaining the reasons that Islam opposes violence against civilians and bemoaning the lack of coverage of the official denunciations of such acts of violence as the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center issued by countless Muslim organizations, Dr. Ahmad stated. We can only pray that this fatwa issued by a body of recognized scholars in the West will make it clear that Islam is opposed to terrorism, he added. Dr. Ahmad criticized both inflammatory demagogues who have asserted that Islam promotes violence and Muslim apologists whose defense of Islam as a peaceful religion has given the impression that Muslims try to pretend their religion is pacifist. The overwhelming concern of the holy book of Islam, the Quran, Dr. Ahmad said, is justice. Killing is prohibited in Islam except as punishment for murder or for terrorism (called hirâbah in Arabic). Even in a state of war, non-combatants are not to be targeted. Islam had a theory of just war before it was developed in the Western world. It is our hope that this denunciation will prevent the seduction of our youth into unIslamic responses to injustices against Muslims. The Minaret of Freedom Institute (MFI) is dedicated to research and educational efforts regarding Islamic law and Muslim history. -30- "The mission of the Minaret of Freedom Institute is to educate Muslims on the importance of liberty and free markets to a good society, while educating non-Muslims about the beliefs and contributions of Islam and the political realities of conflict between the two cultures" MoreAt http://www.minaret.org Live&LetLive.1998.05.02: Libertarian national Muslim figure, Dean Ahmad of www.minaret.org publishes 'Islam and the Discovery of Freedom' on the 50th anniversary of the creation of the modern state of Israel; and takes live unscreened calls from viewers on this 1 hour TV show. RealMedia Download/Playback http://txliberty.dyndns.org/inetpub/wwwroot/webfiles/LL980502.rm from AustinLibertyInterNet Radio/TV at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/links -Terry Liberty Parker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hq04jjb/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705060682:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122617065/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
