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| Canadian imam issues fatwa against honor killing | |
| 2012-02-05 | |
| On Saturday, a senior Muslim leader in Canada ordered an end to honor killings and domestic abuse, saying the Koran does not endorse such violence. Imam Syed Soharwardy, founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, issued the fatwa following the convictions in Ontario, this week in the deaths of four Muslim women killed by relatives. Soharwardy said, "Those who think honor killing is OK are dead wrong.
He added that "a very small minority" of Muslims adhere to the concept and "need to be corrected." Soharwardy said he had been researching the issue for a while but it was the recent murder trial that led him to act. The imam said he and other scholars also want Soharwardy noted while a fatwa is "not legally binding" it is "morally binding." It is just the third fatwa Canadian organization has issued in the past decade. The most recent one was in January 2010 when the council said Muslims were not to commit acts of terrorism against Canada or the United States. | |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 I guess murder as "illegal" is just not an islamic term. |
| Posted by: manversgwtw 2012-02-05 19:59 |
| #4 In the immortal words of Monty Python, "Wink. Wink. Nudge. Nudge." |
| Posted by: Kofi Jones3160 2012-02-05 13:59 |
| #3 a step in the right direction... |
| Posted by: 746 2012-02-05 11:00 |
| #2 He added that "a very small minority" of Muslims adhere to the concept and "need to be corrected." I assume his understanding of "corrected" and mine are different |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-02-05 09:52 |
| #1 Too bad he didn't issue the fatwa before Dad, sonny and wifey 2 dumped the car with daughters 1,2 and 3 and wifey 1 into the canal. Apparently wearing short skirts and texting boys are a bad thing honour-wise. |
| Posted by: alpinehikerca 2012-02-05 07:58 |