The leader of a global Muslim movement Tuesday issued a rare religious edict condemning terrorism and denouncing suicide bombers as "heroes of hellfire" in an effort to help prevent the radicalization of young British Muslims.
Appearing in London, Tahir ul-Qadri told a group of Muslims, clergy, political leaders and police officers his 600-page fatwa rejects violence and called al-Qaida an "old evil with a new name," the BBC reported.
Describing al-Qaeda as an 'old evil with a new name', influential Pakistani scholar Dr Tahir ul-Qadri has said he would soon issue a 'fatwa' against terrorism and suicide bombing. Qadri said the al-Qaeda has not been sufficiently challenged and that his global ruling against terrorism completely dismantles the banned terror organisation's violent ideology.
A PROMINENT Islamic scholar will use a speech in London to issue a 600-page religious edict denouncing terrorists and suicide bombers as "unbelievers." Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri is a leading figure who has promoted peace and interfaith dialogue for 30 years, Sky News reports.
It looks like not everything is booming (eh?) in the terror business. Tahir ul-Qadri, a London-based Muslim scholar and founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran, has issued a fatwa–or religious ruling–against suicide bombers. Over 600 pages, he determined that killing people is bad, no matter the reason, and that you may not pass Go or collect 72 virgins, but go straight to hell.
Di Inggeris, seorang ulama terkemuka Pakistan mengeluarkan fatwa yang mengutuk terorisme dengan mengatakan bahwa pembom bunuh diri akan masuk neraka. Doktor Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri mengeluarkan fatwa setebal 600 halaman yang isinya sangat berbeda dengan penafsiran yang ada selama ini bahwa para suhada akan masuk sorga.
SUICIDE bombers were described yesterday as the “heroes of hellfire” by a leading Moslem scholar in a fatwa condemning terrorists as the enemies of Islam. Pakistan-born Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said there were no “ifs or buts” about terrorism and such acts had no justification in the name of Islam.
Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri is a leading figure who has promoted peace and interfaith dialogue for 30 years, Sky News reports. He said he felt compelled to issue the fatwa because of concerns about the radicalisation of British Muslims at university campuses and because there had been a lack of condemnation of extremism by Muslim clerics and scholars.
An influential UK-based Muslim scholar reiterated Tuesday that terrorism runs against the teachings of Islam and that those who are engaged in targeting civilians are destined to hellfire according the Islamic faith.
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."
Following the rare fatwa issues in Britain by ul-Qadri, leader of the Minhaj ul-Quran religious and educational organization, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said the United States "welcomes these kinds of developments, whether in Britain or elsewhere around the world as being very important steps in having Muslims themselves make their own judgement about vision that Al Qaeda and bin Laden have propogated." "Anyone who comes forward and rejects that vision, we welcome those steps," Crowley added.
Pakistan-born Dr. Tahir ul-Qadri said there were no “ifs or buts” about terrorism, in a news conference attended by officers from London’s Metropolitan Police, lawmakers, charitable organisations and think-tanks.
A leading Muslim scholar in Britain issued a fatwa yesterday condemning terrorists and suicide bombers, saying they had no justification in the name of Islam. Pakistan-born Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, founder of the Minhaj-ul-Quran movement, said there were no "ifs or buts" about terrorism.
The edict was delivered by Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, 59, the Pakistan-born leader of global Islamic movement Minhaj-ul-Quran. He said there were no “ifs or buts” about terrorism, and such acts had no justification in the name of Islam.
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistani lawmaker, says the 600-page fatwa bans suicide bombing "without any excuses, any pretexts, or exceptions." Tahir-ul-Qadri has issued similar, shorter decrees, but Tuesday's event in London is being hosted by the Quilliam Foundation, a government-funded, anti-extremism think tank.
Dr. Tahir ul-Qadri said there were no "ifs or buts" about terrorism, adding he wanted to convey the message that acts of terrorism cut people off as true followers of Islam. "They can't claim that their suicide bombings are martyrdom operations and that they become the heroes of the Muslim Umma [the wider Muslim community]. No, they become heroes of hellfire, and they are leading towards hellfire," he said. "There is no place for any martyrdom and their act is never, ever to be considered jihad."
Yesterday, I attended the launch of a fatwa condemning suicide bombings and terrorism. The document was compiled by Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, the head of Pakistani based Sufi organisation, Minhaj ul-Quran. Reproduced below is a short analysis of it which I co-authored with my colleague Houriya Ahmed for today's Independent.
In his religious ruling, delivered this morning in London, Pakistan-born Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, 59, said he felt compelled to issue the edict because of concerns about the radicalisation of British Muslims at university campuses and because there had been a lack of condemnation of extremism by Muslim clerics and scholars.
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