imam backwards is MAMI!!!
Posted on 05/01/2008 7:34:59 AM PDT by forkinsocket
Algerian immigrants who drown in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Europe should be considered 'martyrs', according to a prominent imam.
According to the local daily, Ennahar, Sheikh Shamsedin Bourubi issued a fatwa, or religious edict, on Monday saying that the Muslim faithful should pray for their souls.
"The immigrants who leave Algeria by sea in a bid to reach Europe and die by drowning in the Mediterannean are 'martyrs' and are not committing suicide," he said.
"So it is legal to conduct funeral prayers for their souls."
The Bourubi's fatwa appears to contradict a preceding fatwa issued by the Algerian ministry of religious affairs.
According to the government body, immigrants who leave the country illegally and die in the ocean are committing suicide and should not be given prayers that are in violation of Islamic doctrine.
The ministry had therefore banned illegal immigration, saying it was against Islam.
But Bourubi disagreed with the government's stance.
"The illegal immigrants that leave by sea face enormous risks and pay enormous sums of money to improve their living conditions," he said.
According to the Algerian theologian, it is important to understand the social motivation that pushes young people to immigrate.
I wouldn’t call them martyrs, but I would agree that they’re not suicides.
Ah yes...they will also me martyrs if they try and swim the atlantic to get to the great satan...
*snicker*
imam backwards is MAMI!!!
Could another thousand imams issue the same fatwa. Drowing is a lot less messy than blowing yourself up to get to those 72 virgins.
Convenient how he is not taling about the FACT they are trying to escape islamic rule and leadership for a more realistic freedom.
DROWNING
Yeah, but when they get to France or wherever they live as though they were in Algeria. The welfare is better in France.
good grief, if some moon god worshipper gets the too many jimmies on his ice-cream, they call him a martyr...wtf???
Suicides, no. Jihadists, yes. That’s the “social motivation”, and that’s why the ‘good’ imam considers them ‘martyrs’.
Algerian immigrants who drown in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Europe should be considered ‘martyrs’
We call it “CHUM”
They’re martyrs because they were on their way to conquer land for Islam.
The “smart” Mohammedans know the way to defeat the West is through immigration and demographics.
I think he is on to something, now if we could convince the rest of them to do it....
“The “smart” Mohammedans know the way to defeat the West is through immigration and demographics.”
The Mexicans must be reading from the same book.
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