6,000 Muslim clerics approved a fatwa against terrorism

cricketplaya · November 11, 2008, 12:42am

HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 8 (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.

Muslim clerics endorse anti-terror fatwa - UPI.com

Wow, so when will the Hindus, Christians and Jews come with their fatwas

pallavpotter · November 11, 2008, 11:08am

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Hindus, Christians and Jews dont have fatwas for one thing.

cricketplaya · November 11, 2008, 2:06pm

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^ seriously? I didn't know that!

you know what I meant, they should come out with their statements as well. The vatican should come out now and admit their guilt in the killings of Africans. Hindu priests should come out and oppose the violence which spreading in the name of Hinduism.

janab-e-ali · November 12, 2008, 1:30am

Re: 6,000 Muslim clerics approved a fatwa against terrorism

something like 64,000,000 pakistanis signed a petition condemning terrorism in the name of Islam.

simplyme · November 12, 2008, 4:35am

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^^

But I dont think any of this is working with the rampant bombing that is happening in Pakistan.

simplyme · November 12, 2008, 4:37am

Just becasue some well-meaning clerics come out with a fatwa, it does not stop the bombing and wanton acts of terrorism. Concerted effort is required to erradicate the menace from the world. Analysing root causes and conspiracy theories wont help.