We have seen this before. Qur'an 4:92 forbids a Muslim to kill another Muslim intentionally, and there have even been demonstrations in various majority-Muslim countries against Al-Qaeda when the jihadists have the temerity to kill other Muslims, knowingly or inadvertently. But glaringly lacking here yet again is any declaration that shedding the blood of non-Muslims is prohibited.
This might smooth things over for awhile between Sunnis and Shia in Iraq, but it does absolutely nothing about the larger global jihad.
"Minister: Muslim decree to condemn bombings," by Gregg Zoroya for USA Today (thanks to Ed at Hot Air):
WASHINGTON — High-ranking Shiite and Sunni leaders are preparing to issue a religious decree condemning suicide bombings and other forms of violence, according to an Anglican minister who has led efforts to bring the two Muslim sects closer.The draft decree, also called a fatwa, cites Quranic verses and says, "The prophet Mohammed prevents the spilling of blood, Muslim against Muslim, and thus suicide bombings are totally prohibited," said the Rev. Canon Andrew White during a dinner Monday with Pentagon officials. The draft calls on Iraqis "to reject and forsake all violence, forsake all killing and provocation," White said.
"What is new is that this will be a fatwa from Shiite and Sunni," White said in an interview. "It's not going to solve all of our problems, but it's the beginning of the process towards the reduction of violence." [...]
Shiite and Sunni leaders negotiated the fatwa over several months in Cairo and Denmark, White said. Those leaders included representatives of Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and al-Sadr. [...]
Four years of Pentagon financial support made the fatwa possible, White said.
The Pentagon paid for the meetings in various locations, spokesman Bryan Whitman said. He said White "believes he is very close to getting Sunni and (Shiite) religious leaders to sign on to this fatwa. It has the potential to be very positive." Monday, Jerry Jones, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, called the draft fatwa a "tour de force."...
"The prophet Mohammed"
You mean, the Islamic prophet Mohammed?
Yeah, right.
From
http://www.masabih.org/showthread.php?t=1413
Question: A sunni married a shi`a woman. Is this nikâh valid or not? please issue a fatwa and have it sent as soon as possible. my personal opinion is that such a nikâh is invalid. those who repudiate the necessities of religion are kâfirs. Hence, it is not permissible for a Muslim to marry a kâfir.
Answer: [fatawa riDawiyyah, kitab an-nikah; vol.11/pg345, Lahore edition]
Shi`ah fall into three categories:
1. ghâli (ghulât): they repudiate the necessities of religion. for example:
a) to believe that qur'ân is incomplete.
b) to call it 'book of `uthmân'.
c) elevate sayyiduna `ali karram Allâhu wajhah and other imâms above the prophets salawâtAllâhi `alayhim wat taslîm.
d) if these imâms are held to be higher than even ONE prophet.
e) to allege that Allâh `azza wa jall was regretful after issuing a command and hence remorsefully, changed His earlier ruling
f) to allege that Allâh didn't realize the wisdom of a certain ruling (or the lack of it) and when He realized it, He changed the rule.
g) to allege that RasûlAllâh SallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam practised taqiyyah in the course of his tabligh
those who hold the above and other such statements that amount to disbelief are kâfirs by ijmâ`a. all dealings with them are similar to those with apostates. it is in fatâwâ DHahîriyyah, fatâwâ hindiyyah, Hadiqatun Nadiyyah: [aHkâmuhum aHkâm al-murtaddîn] they are to be dealt with as apostates.
nowadays, most of the rafiDis fall into this category. their scholars and commoners, men and woman all of them seem to profess the aforementioned beliefs, except Allâh willing otherwise.
a woman with such beliefs is an apostate. a Muslim cannot marry her, nor a kafir nor an apostate. if a Muslim marries her and has intercourse, it is fornication. and a child born of such a relation is illegal and considered as a bastard.
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2. tabarrâyi (sabbiyyah) : they don't profess such egregious beliefs but indulge in abusing the SaHâbah.
some people among this group reject the khilâfah of the shaykhayn raDiyAllâhu `anhumâ. these people are considered kâfir among the fuqahâ as is evident from khulâSah, hindiyyah etc. *BUT* the correct ruling is that of the mutakallimîn and that is they are bid`yis – subject to hell and dogs of hell – but not kâfirs. to marry a woman who belongs to this group, is valid but is profusely disliked. because it is from the Hadîth 'laa tanâkihûhum' / don't marry the people of bid`ah.
it is in SaHîH Hadîth that a man cursed a she-camel. RasûlAllâh SallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam told them to leave the she-camel since it had become accursed. after this nobody ever touched that she camel (muslim).
it should be noted that a she-camel, is in no way liable to be cursed. it doesn't deserve to be cursed. but a tabarrayi rafiDi who curses the shaykhayn is himself cursed by Allâh. "these are the people who are damned by Allâh, and the damnation of the damners upon them" (2:159)
hence it is not desirable to live with a woman who is accursed (because of her cursing the shaykhayn).
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3. tafDîli (tafDîlîyyah): this group revers all the companions; the accept the leadership of all the four Caliphs raDiyAllâhu ta`âlâ `anhum; but just elevate the position of `Ali raDiyAllahu `anhu above all others.
these people are nowhere near kufr. however it is bid`ah to do so (consider `Ali higher than others).
to marry such a woman is permitted (without any difference among fuqaha), yet it is disliked. if being with her may influence one's opinion of ahlus-sunnah, the dislikeability would increase to the point of prohibitively disliked (makrûh taHrîmi).
And Allâh sub-Hânahu wa ta`âlâ knows best.
Check this out, people: "Hollywood accused of vilifying Arabs." (You can say anything about Arabs and get away with it" claims Jack Shaheen. Nope, I don't agree with that statement. In fact, we're censored as all-get-out about Mohammedans. Just ask Condi.
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/story/_a/critic-accuses-hollywood-of-vilifying/n20080501154309990093?cid=445
Oh, you're a big help, Rev. White! Getting the Sunnis and Shias to stop killing each other; now they can each devote all their efforts to killing non-Moslems. You'll probably get the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the United States, you can say anything you want about Islam and Arabs and get away with it." --Jack Shaheen, from above link I posted.
That's a bald-faced lie. In fact, you can't say anything critical/negative - unless you like being called a bigot, racist and hater.
I do not feel like saying negative things about other people, instead I want to praise what is praiseworthy.
So I will praise the Jewish woman, who saw her husband murdered before her eyes and then was raped by the pedophile prophet. She did not just take that as being allas fate, or her lot in life, she did what she could do, and poisoned the murderous sob who had done such evil.
She should be mentioned next to Queen Esther, (Haddasah) who helped to preserve a people from annihilation.
Songs and poems should be made in her honor.
She was more honorable then the miserable miscreant who thought he could murder and rape with impunity because the entity that called itself Gabriel had decieved him into doing great evil.
In heaven that wonderful woman is reunited with her family and is honered as the one who scoured the one devoted to doing evil from the face of the earth.
Everyone should remember how in History even the greatest conquerors and most feared can be dealt with even by the weakest and most humbled of all people.
So we're reduced to bribing these "people" so they stop the wholesale slaughter? Amazing.
Don't expect this to change a thing. The tribal culture of most Muslim societies - and Iraq is certainly no exception - is that loyalties may change on a dime...and agreements can unravel just as quickly.
Well don't you know that non-Muslims don't count because we are "pigs and apes". Well this pig will "cling" to Biblical Christianity. Sooooe.
Favorite line from Concerned Citizen's post,
In other words, it doesn't matter how good she is in bed. She will give you accursed cooties!
And Allâh sub-Hânahu wa ta`âlâ knows best?
No, actually, Allâh sub-Hânahu wa ta`âlâ is quite insane.
"Monday, Jerry Jones, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, called the draft fatwa a "tour de force."...
A "tour de force" allowing the continued killing, and subsequent expansion of Sharia, Dhimmitude and conversion or death of us "non-Muslims".
"...all in all it's just another brick in the wall" Pink Floyd, "The Wall"
"Kuffirs of the world, Unite!"
"Islam, abusing women and children since 622AD"
How is this supposed to work given that two sects have mutually declared each other unbelievers, that is, non Muslim! Sounds like the status quo to me.
Somewhat off-topic, but I found it interesting that
Better if he doesn't marry her?
Shariah
Punishment is not incurred by committing whoredom in foreign country. If a Mussulman be guilty of whoredom in a foreign country, or in the territory of the rebels, and afterwards return into a Mussulman state, punishment is not to be meted out on him, on the plea that a man, in embracing the Mussulman faith, binds himself to all the obligations thereof, wherever he may be. The arguments of our doctors on this occasion are twofold; --FIRST, the Prophet has said, "punishment is not to be inflicted in a foreign land" SECONDLY, the design of the institution of punishment is that it may operate as a prevention or warning; now the Mussulman magistrate has no authority in a foreign country, wherefore if punishment were instituted upon a person committing whoredom in a foreign country, yet the institution would be useless; for the use of the institution is that punishment may be executed; and as the magistrate has no authority in a foreign country, the execution is impossible; whence it appears that the commission of whoredom in a foreign country does not occasion punishment there; and if this person should afterwards come from the foreign territory into a Mussulman state, punishment cannot be executed upon him; because as his whoredom did not occasion punishment at the time of its being committed, it will not afterwards occasion.
The Hedaya Commentary on the Islamic Laws (reprint 1994) Translated by Charles Hamilton, Published by Kitab Bhaban , 1784 Kalan Mahal, Darya Ganj, New Delhi 110002 [India], page 185
Anyway, the original point was that Sunni-Shi'a hatred is a highly evolved science, with all kinds of techical terms and legal rulings. It ain't going away, just because the Pentagon wasted a sh_tload of money on it.
Four years of Pentagon financial support made the fatwa possible, White said.
The Pentagon paid for the meetings in various locations, spokesman Bryan Whitman said. He said White "believes he is very close to getting Sunni and (Shiite) religious leaders to sign on to this fatwa.
I would like to see the bill for these four years of infidel arranged "meetings in various locations" paid for by taxpayers of "The Great Satan"
I am willing to bet that these representatives of Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and al-Sadr made sure that America paid handsomely for Anglican cleric Rev. Canon Andrew White to arrange all these meetings, and get "very close" to getting the religious leaders to sign on to this fatwa.
And a fat chance of success it has too.
Taking OregonJake's cue, Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
Do you think we could have a few moslems join in on the "non-bombin-us-festivus for the rest of us" for a short Hudna for 2 years?
And if the Hudna is acceptable, to only the Jihadis, could the jihadi moslems restrain themselves from attacking people and words, and include Dhimmi protection from ficticious characters as satired below?
This is an exercise in Humor and umm .. ummm.. extremist intolerance of all things western..
For the Moslems on the board, I present ( the following for your personal consumption and enjoyment pleasure!
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Here goes!
"This message contains human, non-human and especially non-moslem content. Those endowed with a sense of humor are encouraged to laugh. Those indoctrinated into a system called Islam, please riot, but do so out the back door and do it quietly fer cryin out loud. We just ate the last islamic rage boy; nah, we didnt' eat him... we pickled him. See him at the next infidel side show.
Please make note: We make fun of Jews, Blacks, Whites, Chinese, Portugese, Indians, pizza boys, nail techs, toilet paper hoarders, window flashers, gay acting straight males, Pakistani immigrants, big salads, bad dancers, door knockers, food snatchers, fake workers for George Brenner, real workers for really tan guys with lots of money, and parents of Jews who keep their air conditioning at a butt-sweating 89 degrees in the beautiful oasis which is now known as Florida. We also feed our dogs steak. Cats? We won't eat them; they are barely fed. I don't think that there is room for islam in my life.
I invite all islamists and their comments.
Do you think we could have a few moslems join in on the "non-bombin-us-festivus for the rest of us" for a short Hudna for 2 years?
And if the Hudna is acceptable, to only the Jihadis, could the jihadi moslems restrain themselves from attacking people and words, and include Dhimmi protection from ficticious characters as satired below?
This is an exercise in Humor and umm .. ummm.. extremist intolerance of all things western..
For the Moslems on the board, I present ( the following for your personal consumption and enjoyment pleasure!
**************************************
Here goes!
"This message contains human, non-human and especially non-moslem content. Those endowed with a sense of humor are encouraged to laugh. Those indoctrinated into a system called Islam, please riot, but do so out the back door and do it quietly fer cryin out loud. We just ate the last islamic rage boy; nah, we didnt' eat him... we pickled him. See him at the next infidel side show.
Please make note: We make fun of Jews, Blacks, Whites, Chinese, Portugese, Indians, pizza boys, nail techs, toilet paper hoarders, window flashers, gay acting straight males, Pakistani immigrants, big salads, bad dancers, door knockers, food snatchers, fake workers for George Brenner, real workers for really tan guys with lots of money, and parents of Jews who keep their air conditioning at a butt-sweating 89 degrees in the beautiful oasis which is now known as Florida. We also feed our dogs steak. Cats? We won't eat them; they are barely fed. I don't think that there is room for islam in my life.
I invite all islamists and their comments.
Will the condemnation of suicide attacks specify attacks on Christians and Jews, and all other non-Muslims, or is the canon throwing them under the bus?
Keep spreading the truth about Islam and the Koran Robert, eventually a critical mass of people in the West will understand what Islam is really about.
If they can stop killing anyone, it'll be a miracle.
Shi'ites are muslims? I thought they were rafadite dogs. At least thats how one Sunni cleric referred to them. I guess someone is going to have to apologize to Shia for that before they get serious about being buddy buddy...I won't hold my breath...
We allow poor people to die in our streets like dogs because they don't have the basic necessities of humanity, and yet you narrow-minded simians waste your time criticising poeple halfway around the globe who are of a different religion, culture, and socio-economic background? Just checking...
Death to the Islamic prophet Muhammad!
Oh wait, thankfully, this charlatan is long dead. Unfortunately, approximately 1.4 Muslims never got the memo to move on with their lives in a more free and logical way.
That certainly appears to be the rub, doesn't it?
"We allow poor people to die in our streets like dogs because they don't have the basic necessities of humanity, and yet you narrow-minded simians waste your time criticising people halfway around the globe who are of a different religion, culture, and socio-economic background? Just checking..."
theonecalledjonesy,
I assume you're addressing your remarks to the world's Islamic societies. If so, it's most appropriate.
No poor people are dieing in my streets like dogs because they don't have the basic necessities of humanity, and it's unlikely that they are dieing in the streets of other American cities for those reasons. In fact, our poor live like princes campared to people in Muslim countries, in addition to enjoying human rights unheard of in Islamic societies.
Don't be to hard on them though for criticising people halfway around the globe who are of a different religion, culture, and socio-economic background. If they criticise their own dysfunctional societies, it could earn them a death sentence.
We 'waste' our time learning about those who have sworn to kill us and destroy our civilization. We 'waste' our time studying the supreme guide to life of people who kill people like dogs in the street and don't grant anyone of other beliefs the basic necessities of humanity. Those who not only criticize the entire non-muslim world, but who actively and fervently try to kill people all around the globe who are of any religion or culture different than their own.
Is it 'criticism' to ensure the future survival of Western civilization, for women to be allowed outside without permission, for young girls to not be raped at age 9 and told it is natural, for homosexuals to have the right to LIVE? If so, then yes, we are the harshest critics of all.
So in other words, if this "fatwa" goes through, then any suicide bomber who kills other Muslims during a bombing will not then be considered a proper martyr?
What is this Anglican rube dhimmi doing?
"We allow poor people to die in our streets like dogs because they don't have the basic necessities of humanity, and yet you narrow-minded simians waste your time criticising people halfway around the globe who are of a different religion, culture, and socio-economic background? Just checking..."
theonecalledjonesy,
He can't be referring to America and the west, who have given massive aid to hungry, sick and disaster ridden people everywhere as a matter of practice.
He must be talking about those rich Arab/muslims who spend all that money building floating Islands and fantasy lands like Dubai. They could be helping some of those dying people, but it is better to build giant minarets full of rental rooms, and elaborate palaces dedicated to themselves. These must be the narrow minded simians he was talking about...
jonesy-
Islam: a different socioeconomic backround, killing millions of infidel dogs since its pedophile warlord started this cult's intolerant, tyrannical, misogynistic, theocratic deathmarch against humanity in 600 A.D>
Not deserving of any criticism, right?
Just as the medieval Inquisition, if it were still going on in the West, wouldn't warrant our attention and condemnation?
(BTW- not even dogs "die in our streets like dogs" in my neck of the U.S. You really should complain to your city about that. Sounds messy. )
jonesy, is most likely a troll of the drop a bomb and leave variety. I have not looked yet on other threads, but I bet the above is his only post.
"RANCHI: Angry groups of muslims ransacked the main building of Ranchi University on Thursday protesting against the contents of a PG History question paper that sought comments from students on prophet muhammad who was described as a "trader" whose career ended as a "raider". "
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Ranchi_boils_over_exam_paper/articleshow/3002747.cms
Sarcasm on/
Muslim clerics issue fatwa condemning attacks (muslim on muslim)!
Just in from land under de facto control of the Caliphate: Yemen car bomb kills 8, wounds 45 at mosque in north:
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080502/D90DGNAG1.html
SOMEONE DID NOT GET THE MEMO!
25 years ago, if a bomb exploded in any Arab or Muslim city it made the news. Today, car bombs, suicide bombs and IEDs are a Muslim world reality - thousands of them occur in many Arab/Muslim cities every day. It is like an awakening only in reverse and there is no reversal. From now and until eternity Muslims will continue to kill Muslim and this trend is rising. It is a cheerful day when you see rats killing more rats - Allhu Akbar!
THEONECALLEDJONESY: "We allow poor people to die in our streets like dogs because they don't have the basic necessities of humanity, and yet you narrow-minded simians waste your time criticising poeple halfway around the globe who are of a different religion, culture, and socio-economic background?"
This is a quintessential example of the myopic Left-wing narrative. Nobody in America is "dying like dogs because they don't have the basic necessities of humanity". Nobody is starving to death. Those homeless who die from the elements in winter do so only because they refuse the hospitality of shelters. Yet the above sentence is no doubt the "reality" that the bleeding-hearted poster believes.
The Western Left - represented here by THEONECALLEDJONESY - is either afflicted by a stultifying myopia, or is a conscious purveyor of the 'Big Lie'.
theonecalledjonesy needs to be ignored. Let's just skip past his posts and not respond to what he says. We're only giving him what he wants: attention.
His inanity/profanity doesn't deserve a response. Bullies go crazy when they're ignored. Ignore him.
High ranking shiites and sunni clerics eh ? The one below is about the shiite clerics only, and they seem to be somewhat divided. "Deeply divided" is actually used.
"Iraq's Shiite clerics deeply divided on militia crackdown"
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD90DSSV80