[Mb-civic] U.S. Muslim Scholars To Forbid Terrorism - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

U.S. Muslim Scholars To Forbid Terrorism

By Caryle Murphy
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 28, 2005; Page A11

An organization of top American Muslim religious scholars plans to issue 
a formal ruling today condemning terrorism and forbidding Muslims to 
cooperate with anyone involved in a terrorist act, according to 
officials of two leading Islamic organizations.

The one-page ruling, or fatwa, will be issued by the Fiqh Council of 
North America, an association of Islamic legal scholars that interprets 
Islamic law for the Muslim community. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the 
Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group, said the 
ruling does not represent a new position on terrorism.

Rather, Hooper said, "it is another way to drive home the point that the 
American Muslim community rejects terrorism and extremism."

<>Although Muslim leaders and political organizations have repeatedly 
denounced religious extremism, Hooper added, "any time any Muslim goes 
on a talk show or on television, the first question is, 'Why haven't 
Muslims condemned terrorism?' "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/27/AR2005072702082.html?nav=hcmodule 

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