Islamic fatwah now allows use of artificial contraceptives

DAVAO CITY — Over 300 Muslim religious leaders from all over the country announced on Wednesday the official Islamic canonical decision (fatwah) on reproductive health and family planning.

The new fatwah allows the use of both natural and artificial contraceptive methods, except for tubal ligation and vasectomy.

"The assembly finds reproductive health and family planning program, as practiced under valid reasons and recognized ancestries, are in accordance with the teachings of Islam," the fatwah stated.

However, it stressed that family planning for the Muslim community in the Philippines should be anchored on the principles of non-coercion, responsible parenthood, and informed choice.

"All methods of contraception are allowed as long as they are safe, legal, in accordance with the Islamic Shariah, and approved by a credible physician, preferrably a Muslim, for the benefit of both the mother and the child," the fatwah further stated.

Many Muslim religious leaders were strongly against the use of contraceptives in the past until religious leaders resolved last November to craft a fatwah that would tackle the issue.

Last January, the Grand Mufti of Egypt and the Grand Shiekh of Al Azhar University gave their blessing on the fatwah during a consultation of the Darul-Iftah of the Philippines, paving the way for its official implementation.

The fatwah was announced the other day through a Tanzim Al-Usra (A Call to Greatness) solemn ceremonies held here at the ballroom of the Marco Polo Hotel where calls to prayer, motherhood, education, love were made before the final qur’anic call was announced.

Shiekh Omar Pasigan Muhammad, considered to be the Grand Mufti of Central Mindanao, spoke extensively on the fatwah and invoked blessings for the assembly and the need to heed the Tanzim Al-Usra.

The document was accepted by the Muslim religious leaders that signalled the start of its implementation.

Pasigan expressed confidence that those opposed to family planning will finally support it as it as one way of addressing poverty in Muslim communities.

Department of Health Undersecretary Milagros Fernandez said the national government would intensify its campaign on family planning in Muslim-dominated areas where the fatwah shall be implemented.

Demographics - it's ALL about DEMOGRAPHICS . .

Demographics "There is a demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we daren’t bring up because we are so cagey about not offending people racially,” he said. “And rightly we should be. But there is a cultural thing as well. … By 2020, 50% of the children in Holland under the age of 18 will be of Muslim descent.” He even drew attention to the birth dearth in the West.

“And don’t forget, coupled with this there is this collapse of numbers,” he said. “Western Europeans are not having any babies. The population of Germany at the end of the century is going to be 56% of what it is now. The population of France, 52% of what it is now. The population of Italy is going to be down 7 million people.”

FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN
Radical Islam's 'plan'
to take over America
Arab-American author outlines secret
20-year strategy to undermine country

Posted: August 4, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern

9. Accelerate Islamic demographic growth via:

Massive immigration (100,000 annually since 1961).

Use no birth control whatsoever – every baby of Muslim parents is automatically a Muslim and cannot choose another religion later.

Muslim men must marry American women and Islamize them (10,000 annually). Then divorce them and remarry every five years – since one can't legally marry four at one time. This is a legal solution in America.

Omar Ahmad

Co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

President & CEO of Silicon Expert Technologies, he is a Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Jordan.

" Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant...The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth,"
-Omar Ahmad

Ibrahim Hooper

CAIR spokesperson

"I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future...But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that.

"CAIR does not support these groups publicly."
(when asked about CAIR's record of supporting Hamas, Hizbullah and other official terrorist groups)

-Ibrahim Hooper

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Muslims in America

Num. of Muslims in the U.S.:		7 million

Num. of American Muslims associated with a mosque:		2 million

Num. of mosques in the U.S.:		1,209

% of regular mosque participants who are male:		75%

% of regular mosque participants who are African-American:		30%

% of regular mosque participants who are Arab:		25%

Source: "The Mosque in America: A National Portrait," a study conducted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Hartford Institute for Religion Research
(April 26, 2001)

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