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Fifth Column
Al-Muhajiroun issues fatwa against Musharraf
2001-09-18
  • Reuters
    A hardline British-based Muslim leader has said that his group has issued a death threat against Pakistan's president for backing the United States following the attacks on New York and Washington. Sheikh Omar Bakhri Mohammed said his Al-Muhajiroun organisation had issued a fatwa, or religious edict, threatening Pakistan's military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, whose backing for the United States has angered Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement.

    "The fatwa declares General Musharraf apostate and therefore Muslims in the army should not support him. They should punish him for his crimes."
    Bakhri said: "The fatwa is calling on Muslims to stand together and support Muslims in Afghanistan and to reject the authority of Musharraf." Asked in a BBC radio interview if this amounted to a death threat, he said: "The fatwa itself, yes, declares General Musharraf apostate and therefore Muslims in the army should not support him. They should punish him for his crimes."

    British Foreign Office minister Peter Hain said authorities would study Bakhri's comments to see whether they contravened Britain's recently strengthened laws against terrorism.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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