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India-Pakistan
'Mujahideen' warn clerics to withdraw suicide bombing fatwa
2007-07-03
‘Mujahideen’ of Bajaur Agency warned clerics on Monday that if they do not take back the fatwa against suicide bombing, they should prepare to face the consequences.
Which would presumably include unauthorized suicide kabooms.
The warning was delivered in a pamphlet in Pushto pasted outside shops in Khar, regional headquarters of Bajaur Agency overlooking Afghanistan’s Kunar province, eyewitnesses said. “Anyone who says Islam does not allow suicide bombing should take back their words or action may be taken against them,” said the pamphlet issued by ‘Mujahideen of Bajaur Agency’.
"Of course Islam allows suicide booms! It's in the Koran someplace! You could look it up!"
The militants also disputed the clerics’ decree that Islam “does not allow intimidation,” saying this opinion should also be withdrawn. “Those who are working against the interests of mujahideen or defaming us should stop doing so,” the pamphlet warns.
"Or else," it added, intimidatingly.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Sorry - typo.
meant to say suicide is only unislamic if it is avoidable.
Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar   2007-07-03 10:46  

#10  Dueling Fatwas!

Hadiths at 20 paces!
Posted by: mojo   2007-07-03 10:45  

#9  I'm all for them having a little religious civil war. Keeps them occupied and off our backs. If we support both sides, just so.... They could end up killing each other off for decades!
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-07-03 09:46  

#8  The issue, as it pertains to "Fiqh" as far as I understand it does not pertain to suicide per se, which is un-Islamic only if it is unavoidable. (There is a saying by little Mo about a guy who fell on his sword, after fighting valiantly, to relieve the pain of death, that he would go to hell). It does not take a genius to reason that the target is intended as other than self, and that blowing up yourself is only an unavoidable consequence.

The other issue is targeting of civilians. Mohammed sanctioned the use of mangonels in the siege of B. al-Nadir IIRC, in concious disregard of woman/child casualties. AFAIK both have reasonable Isnad.
Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar   2007-07-03 09:32  

#7  "Withdraw your fatwa against suicide bombing, or I'll . . . I'll come over there and blow you up myself!"
Posted by: Mike   2007-07-03 06:39  

#6  Â“Anyone who says Islam does not allow suicide bombing should take back their words or action may be taken against them,”

Paging Yusuf Qaradawi to the white courtesy phone.

All that awaits is a death fatwa against Qaradawi for his highly publicized discourse upon exactly why "martyr" operations were halal (permissible). While Islam's scum lower ranks have no problem making death threats against all and sundry, isn't it curious how their clerical elite just can't seem to kick down with any serious criticism or action against their own aristocracy?
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-03 03:43  

#5  Tending the gates of hell for their popular cult movement far removed from Abraham.
Posted by: newc   2007-07-03 03:41  

#4  #3 So the interpretation of the supposedly holy Koran is left to the guys with guns. Hmm. Let me think, what does this mean?

interpretative Clerics with guns more Holey.
Posted by: RD   2007-07-03 03:36  

#3  So the interpretation of the supposedly holy Koran is left to the guys with guns. Hmm. Let me think, what does this mean?
Posted by: gorb   2007-07-03 03:23  

#2  This is good, it's finally coming to this.
Posted by: Snereck de Medici6366   2007-07-03 02:41  

#1  nothing like a group of ignorant, illiterate, murdering, goat-buggering islamic scum to threaten the ignorant, illiterate, goat-buggering muslim theocrats.
Posted by: anymouse   2007-07-03 02:00  

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