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August 29, 2005
Fatwa Bans Suicide Bombings
Agence France-Presse reports that a prominent London-based militant Islamic scholar has issued a fatwa banning suicide operations:

"To my mind, these operations are closer to suicide than to martyrdom-seeking, and they are taboo and not permissible" for a number of reasons, wrote Syrian-born Abdul Menem Mustafa Halimeh, alias Abu Baseer al-Tartussi, on his website.

The Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat, which reported Tartussi's fatwa on Saturday, described him as a top ideologue for Islamist militants and said his edict had provoked angry reactions on Islamist websites, with some accusing him of letting down Al-Qaeda followers.
Tartussi cited several reasons for banning suicide operations including:

Suicide violates dozens of (Islamic) religious texts; and

Suicide bombings often "wrongfully killing innocent and sacred souls, be they Muslim or otherwise."

From California Yankee.

Posted by Dan Spencer at August 29, 2005 02:20 PM | TrackBack
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