Dr Mohammed Tahir-ul-Qadri, a spiritual and religious leader from Jhang in Pakistan, issued a 600-page edict against terrorists and terrorism to counter any theological justifications for terrorism. The fatwa will be translated into English and Arabic in the coming weeks, he said, adding that he had written it in Urdu primarily to reach the hearts and minds of Pakistanis, Indians and Bangladeshis affected by the scourge of terrorism.
Eminent Muslim scholar and founder of the Minhaj-ul-Quran International, Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Tuesday launched fatwa on suicide bombings and terrorism and declared such acts as out of fold of Islam and those carrying out these despicable activities as disbelievers.Dr.Qadri, who is considered a recognized authority on Islam, has authored the religious decree at a time of increasing concern about the radicalization of young British Muslims in university campuses and their recruitment by extremist organizations to commit acts of terror.
A Muslim leader in the UK has announced a special religious ruling, otherwise known as a fatwa, against terrorism in the name of Islam. The widely respected authority on Islamic law, Dr Tahir Qadri, has issued the fatwa, which condemns terrorism and suicide bombing.
Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri har i årevis stått i spissen for fredsarbeid og dialog på tvers av religioner. Nå rykker han ut med det som skal være den hittil grundigste og mest omfattende muslimske fordømmelsen av terrorisme, en fatwa mot terror.
Le Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, un influent spécialiste de la loi islamique originaire du Pakistan, est sur le point de publier à Londres une fatwa contre le terrorisme et les attentats-suicides, rapporte mardi la BBC. Les 600 pages de son avis juridique discréditent l'idéologie violente de l'organisation terroriste Al-Qaïda, décrite comme un "vieux démon avec un nouveau nom" qui n'a pas été suffisamment combattu.
Tomorrow morning, on 2 March, the renowned, mainstream Muslim scholar Shaikh Dr Tahir ul-Qadri will issue a comprehensive fatwa (religious ruling) prohibiting terrorism and suicide bombing at a press conference in Westminster, London.
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.
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.
Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri is a leading figure who has promoted peace and interfaith dialogue for 30 years. 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.
Can somebody give me a hallelujah? Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (pictured), the leader of Minhaj-ul-Quran, a global Muslim group that is said to have hundreds of thousands of followers, issued a fatwa on Tuesday. By now, we’ve come to expect that such religious edicts will call for the killing of some novelist or cartoonist who has supposedly besmirched the Koran, but Tahir-ul-Qadri has quite a different target in mind: terrorism.
A former Pakistani legislator who lives in Canada and leads a global Muslim movement has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, condemning terrorism. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri says the 600-page fatwa bans suicide bombing "without any excuses, any pretexts, or exceptions."
Dr Mohammed Tahir-ul-Qadri today in London launched his fatwa against suicide bombers, explaining in the 600-page document why Islamist terrorists will go to hell. Watch it in English here. Read the TimesOnline news story today here, and also the earlier one we published in January, previewing today's historic event. The video above shows Dr ul-Qadri launching the fatwa in his home country of Canada. Go here for part two of the video.
The BBC reports this morning that the Pakistani Sufi scholar, Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, will publish his 600-page fatwa, that completely dismantles al-Qaeda's violent ideology. The scholar describes al-Qaeda as an "old evil with a new name" which has not been sufficiently challenged...
An influential Muslim scholar is to issue in London a global ruling against terrorism and suicide bombing. 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” which has not been sufficiently challenged.
An Islamic scholar from Pakistan has issued a religious ruling, or fatwa, in which he condemns suicide bombing as contrary to Muslim teaching. Dr Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri is the founder of an organisation called Minhaj ul-Quran International, …
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.
An influential Muslim scholar is to issue in London a global ruling against terrorism and suicide bombing. Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, from Pakistan, says his 600-page judgement, known as a fatwa, completely dismantles al-Qaeda's violent ideology
This 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. No longer can the Taleban and similar organisations employ Muslim scripture with impunity to advance the onslaught of civilians, be they non-Muslim or Muslim.
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