Posted on 08/28/2005 1:26:35 PM PDT by billorites
Dubai: A London-based Islamic scholar has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, banning Al Qaida-style suicide operations, a Saudi newspaper reported on Saturday. "These operations are closer to suicide than to martyrdom-seeking, and they are taboo and not permissible," Abdul Menem Mustafa Halimeh reportedly wrote on his website.
Saudi newspaper Asharq Al Awsat described the Syrian-born scholar, also known as Abu Baseer Al Tartussi, as a top ideologue for Islamist militants.
Tartussi reportedly said that one of the reasons for his stance was that suicide operations often entail "wrongfully killing innocent and sacred souls, be they Muslim or otherwise."
Al Awsat said that some Muslims consider the edict a letdown for Al Qaida followers, and has provoked angry comments on several Islamist websites.
The edict was dated August 24, the same day Britain unveiled a plan to bar or deport foreign Islamist radicals who encourage terrorist violence.
Meanwhile, a Saudi Islamic activist in London has shut down his website containing video clips of suicide bombings in Israel and Iraq and pro-Al Qaida propaganda.
Mohammad Al Massari said he had temporarily shut down the website while awaiting clarification on his status in Britain. He denied that authorities had contacted him.
Al Massari posted an Internet "obituary" saying that his site had been a victim of the "murder of freedom of opinion and expression by the oppressive regime lead by Tony Blair."
The British government said it was prepared to act within days against "a number of names" to either deport or bar them from the country under new anti-terrorism measures.
Just dang.
Is he still alive?
Yay! War is over! /sarc
What? No 37 virgins for launching a suicide attack that kills a bunch of Iraqi children?
REGULAR attacks: A-O.K. !
REGULAR attacks: A-O.K. !
There was a typo when the quran was printed..it's not 72 virgins, it's 72 virginians named bubba..
yeah, and i guess if you are considered NOT an innocent by the extremists it's okay too...
"Ordinary" attacks on innocent civilians are okey dokey.
Unfortunately..., this fellow may have signed his death warrant! While a tolerant individual at heart..., I increasingly find the Nam' Era slogan "Kill'em All.. Let God Sort'em Out" of increasing relevance...
Unless this tribe steps up to the plate and cleans up their wacko fringe minority..., the future will be very bloody indeed...
He knows damn well how hard it is getting to find goofs willing to kill themselves in the name of the rock. He wants to appear like he is on the level.
No, asshole. YOU are an enemy of Britain. YOU are an enemy of Christianity and Judaism. YOU are a violent, blood-loving supporter of ultraviolence. YOU are an enemy of the State. YOU are an enemy of Western civilization.
YOUR sorry Islamic ass is NOT welcome........not in the UK, not in the USA, not in Australia, not in...............................
The return of classical Islam!
Actually the classical Islamic notion of martyrdom was obnoxious enough: dying in battle at the hands of 'infidels' in a war of aggression on behalf of Islam counted, but at least you had to get yourself killed by
non-Muslims--it encouraged Muslims to be warriors, not guidance-systems for bombs, and did not justify attacks against civilians.
The acceptability of suicide bombing among Muslims owes
as much to Sartre and Heidegger as to Mohammed: it is
only those who follow the semi-existentialist Koranic
commenetary of Sayyed Qutb (the intellectual 'light' of the second generation of the "Muslim Brotherhoods"), who accept it.
The return of classical Islam!
Actually the classical Islamic notion of martyrdom was obnoxious enough: dying in battle at the hands of 'infidels' in a war of aggression on behalf of Islam counted, but at least you had to get yourself killed by
non-Muslims--it encouraged Muslims to be warriors, not guidance-systems for bombs, and did not justify attacks against civilians.
The acceptability of suicide bombing among Muslims owes
as much to Sartre and Heidegger as to Mohammed: it is
only those who follow the semi-existentialist Koranic
commenetary of Sayyed Qutb (the intellectual 'light' of the second generation of the "Muslim Brotherhoods"), who accept it.
DAMN you.........I had JUST cleaned my 21" monitor screen, and here you come along with this........just DAMN you............(wife's needed cleaning, too, after I read this to her........)
Well, that's a nice start. Now how about they issue a fatwa against ALL terrorist attacks (not just the suicide bombers)?
hehehe...:)
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