Suicide Attacks “Un-Islamic” Fatwa by MUC
Posted by the Speaker - 25/10/08 at 08:10:26 am
The Muttahida Ulema Council (MUC), United Scholars Council, has issued unanimously a fatwa (decree) against ’suicide attack’, occurred inside Pakistan, declaring those ‘Haram’ (means forbidden) and illegitimate, in a conference of Muslim clerics from across Pakistan at the Jamia Naeemia. Moreover, the body of clerics has declared that only the state had the authority to call for jihad (holy war), and those individuals or groups were not authorized to do that. To mention suicide bombings as “un-Islamic”, the fatwa said that the government should halt military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and conduct negotiations with the people there to end militancy.
The decree (fatwa) issued at a time when Islamic militants have launched a spate of suicide bombings against administration, government forces, politicians and general people. Already, hundreds of citizens, typically security personnel, have been killed in the last 16 months, including no less than 55 victims who perished in a suicide truck bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, the capital city, on 20, September, 2008.
The experts and the concern Pakistanis think that similar edicts (fatwa) have been released in the past as well; however, a lot of hard-line Pakistanis say those were issued by pro-government ulemas (Islamic Scholar) as part of a campaign to mitigate up anti-American public sentiment and gratify the U.S government and the West. But, the new edict have came from a powerful group of ulemas that incorporated representatives of Islamist organizations; and those are suspected of involvement in fighting against Indian troops in Kashmir province and U.S-led international forces in Afghanistan.
On the other hand, the group has given a threat to declare jihad against the USA if it do not stop recently increased air strikes in the Pakistani border. According to the daily newspaper The News, “American aggression against Pakistan escalates, jihad might be announced after due consultation,” warned by MUC because it believes that U.S government has a wider agenda of neutralizing the strategic assets of Pakistan, the only nuclear power in the Islamic world. Now, wait to see, the new declaration can make what types of impact on Islamic militants and how the USA face this new threat.
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