This fatwa might actually have an impact. It is comprehensive, direct and does not dodge any of the issues. It has come at a time when there is very strong abhorrence for terrorism, especially in Pakistan, and it will strip terrorists of what little legitimacy they might be still enjoying in the eyes of Muslims who fear that Islam is under attack by Western powers.
Leading Islamophobes and Zionists have naturally welcomed Dr. Qadri’s one-dimensional fatwa, condemning suicide bombing and terrorism. There was hardly any reference to the context; the ongoing Anglo-US-Israeli terrorism over the last three decades that has resulted in occupation, theft of land and natural resources, and numerous massacres of innocent Muslims (Sabra and Shatila, Qana, Jenin, Lebanon, Gaza, Fallujah, Highway of Death going towards Basra, etc).
Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri is current day Islam’s great scholar, who is well versed in matters of Islam. He has written over 360 Islamic books on various religious topics. Although his books are written in English, Urdu and Arabic languages, however, they have been further translated into numerous different languages in order to cater to the large Muslim community residing in numerous countries all around the world. He has also founded a welfare Islamic organization,
scholar visiting the United Kingdom, recently released a 600-page fatwa, or non-binding opinion in Islamic law, against terrorism. This fatwa might actually have an impact. It is comprehensive, direct and does not dodge any of the issues. It has come at a time when there is strong abhorrence for terrorism, especially in Pakistan, and it will strip terrorists of what little legitimacy they might be still enjoying in the eyes of Muslims who fear that Islam is under attack by Western powers.
NEWARK, Delaware: Dr. Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistani Islamic scholar visiting the United Kingdom, recently released a 600-page fatwa, or non-binding opinion in Islamic law, against terrorism. This fatwa might actually have an impact. It is comprehensive, direct and does not dodge any of the issues.
Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistani Islamic scholar visiting the United Kingdom, recently released a 600-page fatwa, or non-binding opinion in Islamic law, against terrorism. This fatwa might actually have an impact. It is comprehensive, direct and does not dodge any of the issues.
Speaking to reporters after releasing the 'fatwa' here, Qadri said suicide bombers are 'destined for hell' and that Islam does not support violence in any form. "Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence, and it has no place in Islamic teaching and no justification can be provided for it," The News quoted Qadri, as saying.
Influential Pakistani scholar Dr Tahir ul-Qadri has issued a 600-page fatwa against terrorism and suicide bombing. Speaking to reporters after releasing the fatwa here, Qadri said suicide bombers are destined for hell and that Islam does not support violence in any form.
The terrorists who recently killed more than 2 dozen people in Baquba, Iraq, in a series of pre-election suicide attacks, were not on the receiving end of a message sent earlier this month by a prominent Muslim scholar.
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, issuing the decree in Islamabad said that the wave of extremism and terrorism has destroyed the world peace. “It is a matter of great misfortune that these terrorist activities of the misguided elements have been bracketed with Islam though the reality is otherwise,” Qadri, the founding leader and patron-in-chief of Minhaj-ul-Quran International, said in his decree.
They [terrorists] can’t claim that their suicide bombings are martyrdom operations and that they become the heroes of the Muslim Umma [global brotherhood]. No, they become heroes of hellfire, and they are leading towards hellfire. There is no place for any martyrdom and their act is never, ever to be considered jihad.
Renowned Islamic scholar Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran, issued a 600-page fatwah, today in Islamabad, denouncing terrorism and describing suicide bombers as destined for hell. “Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence, and it has no place in Islamic teaching and no justification can be provided for it,” fatwa said.
Influential Pakistani scholar Dr Tahir ul-Qadri has issued a 600-page ‘fatwa’ against terrorism and suicide bombing. Speaking to reporters after releasing the ‘fatwa’ here, Qadri said suicide bombers are ‘destined for hell’ and that Islam does not support violence in any form.
Influential Pakistani scholar Dr Tahir ul-Qadri has issued a 600-page 'fatwa' against terrorism and suicide bombing. Speaking to reporters after releasing the 'fatwa' here, Qadri said suicide bombers are 'destined for hell' and that Islam does not support violence in any form.
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