There is no evidence in this report that Mounir Okab al-Duleimi rejected jihad violence in general or the jihad imperative to impose Sharia over the world. But he did oppose the Islamic State, and Islamic State jihadis murdered him for it. This is an indication of why we see so few genuine Islamic reformers: those who call for such reform in a sincere manner are often considered heretical innovators, and Islam has a death penalty for bid’a (innovation).
“Imam of mosque killed in wake of sermon urging fighting Islamic State militants in Anbar,” by Nehal Mostafa, Iraqi News, October 19, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A paramilitary official from Anbar province has provided death about the murdering of an Imam of a mosque, west of Anbar.
“Members of Islamic State stormed into house of Mounir Okab al-Duleimi, Imam of a mosque in Rutba town, west of Anbar, and shot him dead,” Qutri al-Obeidi, of the mobilization forces of Anbar, told Almaalomah website on Friday.
“Investigations showed that murdering Duleimi came in the wake of his Friday sermon, that he gave last week, urging necessity to fight Islamic State members,” he added….
gravenimage says
Iraq: Islamic State jihadis murder imam who urged necessity of fighting the Islamic State
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This should surprise no one.
mortimer says
Takfir means stating that ‘I AM MORE MUSLIM THAN THOU’.
Such a statement means that a ‘weaker’ Muslim may be declared an apostate and executed.
A Muslim who is declared impure, may be killed and the murderer may expect a REWARD of extra virgins in Islamic paradise.
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “During the last days there will appear some young foolish people who will say the best words but their faith will not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have no faith) and will go out from (leave) their religion as an arrow goes out of the game. So, where-ever you find them, kill them, for who-ever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection.”” Bukhari, 9, 84, 64
gravenimage says
True, Mortimer.