Hindus to Muslims: Please declare us off-limits for jihad

Posted by Robert on January 29, 2009 1:17 AM

From our Wishful Thinking Department comes this choice item: "Hindu leaders for 'fatwa' against 'jihad' in India," from the [1] Press Trust Of India, January 28 (thanks to Twostellas):

A group of Hindu leaders on Wednesday appealed to Islamic religious institutions and scholars to come forward with an appropriate 'fatwa' (edict) to declare that Hindus were not 'kaafirs' (non-believers) and that there need not be a "jihad" (war) against them in India.

"The fatwa should say that India is not 'Dar-ul-Harab', which means it is not a land against which Islamists have to wage a war," convener of the All India Acharya Sect Dayanand Maharaj told journalists in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Speaking at a seminar, Dayanand said our country is a 'dar-ul-amen', a land of peace, as here Muslims could practise Islam without any impediment....

Good luck with that. There is no theological justification by which Muslims could not regard Hindus as unbelievers -- nonetheless, the response to this request, if any is forthcoming, will be most interesting.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/01/hindus-to-muslims-please-declare-us-off-limits-for-jihad.html

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