Saudi religious leaders issue fatwa against terrorism
18 June 2010
The Council of Senior Ulema, the highest body of Muslim clerics in Saudi Arabia, has issued a important religious ruling (fatwa) against terrorism, saying that committing terrorist acts, and even funding them, was against Islamic law. The fatwa defines terrorism as "a crime aiming at destabilizing security" by attacking people or property, public or private. The document lists examples such as "blowing up of dwellings, schools, hospitals, factories, bridges, airplanes (including hijacking), oil and pipelines."
The council said that it "regards the financing of such terrorist acts as a form of complicity to those acts…to bring a conduit for sustaining and spreading of such evil acts."
"The Council rules that the financing of terrorism, the inception, help or attempt to commit a terrorist act of whatever kind or dimension, is forbidden by Islamic Sharia and constitutes a punishable crime thereby; this includes gathering or providing of finance for that end." The fatwa exempts "legitimate charity to help the poor" from this ban.
The fatwa, dated 12 April but issued in May, was approved unanimously by the 19 members of the council. To implement it, the Saudi Shura Council is drafting a counterterrorism finance law, the ‘Washington Post’ reports.
Saudi sources told the newspaper that King Abdullah initiated the process that led to the fatwa, by asking for a ruling on terrorist financing.
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Is that a joke? The saudis gvt give $10,000.00 for the family of every palestinian who become a "Shahid" if he blow himself and kill sraelis. What an hypocrisy!!!!!!!!
I think the best thing is to define the maening of terrorism. For instance Israel always kill the Palestinians, destroy the dwellings, hospital, schools but this is not terrorism? It is true that islam call upon the people not to kill each other, and if you kill it is as if you kill all human being. Please try to judge the people applying Sunna and the Quran if you want to have peace all over the world. Thanks and Jazakumllah khairan.
Does the fatwa extend to the Turkish flotilla event that happened when 800 thugs tried to (and did) influence world opinion against Israel? After all, they were funded in Turkey to create violence? Isn't that terrorism?
Looks like they are concerned for their own livelihoods and are practicing Al-Taqiyya (the act of lying approved by Mohammed.)
The Saudis have funded more terrorism than any other entity. They are threatened by the fundamental Islam's and this is "to save their kingdom and lives."
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If someone enter to your house to claim your house will you vacate for him or throw him out? you describe yourself as terrorist ? Truth will prevail.and you will be thrown out from where you occupied. Dont you feel ashamed of yourself making up your life in a land that is not yours?