Beirut – On March 2nd , Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistani sheikh Soufi, declared to the BBC that he had produced a 600 page document that demolished the ideology of terrorist groups who refer back to the Qur'an and Sunnah. Al-Qaeda, he says, is "an old evil under anew name”. The fatwa defies the religious justifications of suicide bombers who dream of the paradise promised to martyrs.
Dr Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri it is the obvious facts that need stating loudest. Last week the Pakistani-born cleric took to a stage in London to declare his Islamic religious ruling, or fatwa, against terrorism. There was a man from the other side of the world telling an audience that included Parliamentarians and other government officials what they had been wanting to hear.
The stance of this Pakistani-born religious scholar regarding al-Qaeda's actions is nothing new. However, this fatwa set him apart from many other Islamist scholars who in the past would only condemn al-Qaeda's actions without specifying – according to their theological viewpoints – the punishments to be meted out to those who carry out bombings and killings whose victims are innocent civilians, even if the latter were not the primary target of these attacks.
An influential Pakistani cleric issued a 600-page fatwa on March 2, described as an "absolute" condemnation of terrorism without "any excuses or pretexts." Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri declared that terrorists and suicide bombers were unbelievers and that "terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence and it has no place in Islamic teaching and no justification can be provided for it, or any kind of excuses or ifs or buts."
But for Dr Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri it is the obvious facts that need stating loudest. Last week the Pakistani-born cleric took to a stage in London to declare his Islamic religious ruling, or fatwa, against terrorism.
The Presidents of the Christian Muslim Forum welcome the main message of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri's fatwa (Islamic ruling by a jurist) and wider explanation on 'suicide bombings and terrorism' which was presented in London on 2 March. His fatwa and accompanied exposition is an absolute condemnation of terrorism which he describes as forbidden by Islam and those who perpetrate such acts as 'heroes of hellfire' rather than 'heroes of Islam'.
It is very positive on the part of Maulana Dr Tahirul Qadri for issuing a 600-page fatwa against the suicide bombing, a thing which should have been done much earlier, that too by the Ulema in Pakistan as a whole and by leading scholars of Islam in the Muslim world. It is also encouraging to note Dr Qadri’s announcement on CNN and BBC channels that he would alone fight for the cause if no other Ulema come forward in this direction.
Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, from Pakistan, says his 600-page judgement, known as a fatwa, completely dismantles al-Qaeda’s violent ideology. The scholar describes al-Qaeda as an “old evil with a new name” that has not been sufficiently challenged.
London, Asharq Al-Awsat-Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri is the Pakistani Islamic scholar who recently made headlines with the publication of his 600-page fatwa prohibiting suicide bombing. Ul-Qadri is one of Pakistan's most prominent clerics, and he believes that his fatwa represents a complete theological rebuttal of every argument used by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
Professor Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, the founder of Minhaj-ul-Qur'an International, addressed a lunch in London just under a week ago. The scholar described al-Qaeda as an "old evil with a new name" that has not been sufficiently challenged - and then issued a fatwah against all violent terrorism.
In a bid to deter young Muslims from extremism. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, head of the Minhaj ul-Quran religious and educational organization, released a 600-page edict in London in which he said suicide bombers were destined for hell. This was reported by Al Jazeera a week ago today.
Asharq Al-Awsat-Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri is the Pakistani Islamic scholar who recently made headlines with the publication of his 600-page fatwa prohibiting suicide bombing. Ul-Qadri is one of Pakistan's most prominent clerics, and he believes that his fatwa represents a complete theological rebuttal of every argument used by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. In his fatwa, Dr. ul-Qadri asserts that terrorists do not go to heaven but instead are bound for hell, and he utilizes Quranic references, hadith, and scholarly interpretations to reinforce his opinion.
In the thriving and exciting world of usul ul-fiqh – Islamic jurisprudence – comes another unbinding legal opinion (fatwa) that is gaining publicity. Pakistani Islamic scholar Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri recently published a 600 page book refuting any and all arguments put forward by groups such as al-Qaeda in support of the use of terrorism (suicide tactics getting a special shout-out).
The new fatwa from the renowned authority of Islamic world, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a spiritual leader of the overwhelming majority of Muslims deals a devastating blow to al-Qaeda and its affiliates by removing decisively any remnant of theological justifications for terrorism.
Asharq Al-Awsat-Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri is the Pakistani Islamic scholar who recently made headlines with the publication of his 600-page fatwa prohibiting suicide bombing. Ul-Qadri is one of Pakistan's most prominent clerics, and he believes that his fatwa represents a complete theological rebuttal of every argument used by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
An influential Muslim scholar in Britain has issued a fatwa banning terror attacks and bombings, insisting that there is no justification for terror acts in the name of Islam. At a news conference attended by officers from London's Metropolitan Police, lawmakers, charitable organizations and think-tanks, Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that acts of terrorism cut people off as true followers of Islam.
Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, founder of "Minhaj-ul-Quran International, has issued a 600-page fatwa that bans suicide bombing "without any excuses, any pretexts, or exceptions." In the past, we've raised a number of issues regarding suicide bombing, and other fatwas on terrorism.
The leader of a global Muslim movement has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, that he calls an absolute condemnation of terrorism. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistani lawmaker, says the 600-page fatwa bans suicide bombing "without any excuses, any pretexts, or exceptions."
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