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Thanks to MamaDearest for pointing to this article.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4556619.stm

Last Updated: Tuesday, 17 May, 2005, 17:14 GMT 18:14 UK

"Scholars condemn suicide bombings"
By Shahid Malik
BBC News, Lahore

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Pakistani prime minister survived a suicide attack in 2004
Leading Islamic scholars in Pakistan have issued a decree against suicide attacks, describing them as forbidden if carried out in a Muslim country.
The decree has been authorised by 58 religious leaders, representing all schools of Islamic thought in Pakistan including the minority Shia community.

The move is an attempt to stop suicide bombers carrying out attacks on places of worship in Pakistan.

But the decree does not apply to bombings in Kashmir or Palestine.

Leading Islamic scholar Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman told the BBC the decree had been issued because attacks on places of worship in Pakistan have been blamed on suicide bombers in recent years.

Many men are indoctrinated by radical clerics, the government says

He said that the proclamation did not apply to "ongoing struggles" in Kashmir and Palestine."

RE: Islamic scholars - SNIP: "But the decree does not apply to bombings in Kashmir or Palestine."

Hmmm, they get to pick and choose. How handy.

Thanks for all the excellent links. I wish the lady who wrote "Overlooked immigration points" would sit down and have a heart to heart with Pres. Bush.