Posted on 07/31/2005 5:53:55 AM PDT by Brooklyn Kid
American Jewish Congress Responds to North American Fiqh Council Fatwa Condemning Terrorism
Distribution Source : U.S. Newswire
Date : Friday, July 29, 2005
To: National Desk
Contact: American Jewish Congress, 212-360-1540 or 917-733-3561 or email: Jengelmayer@AJCongress.org or Web site: http://www.ajcongress.org
NEW YORK, July 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to the North American Fiqh Council's fatwa condemning terrorism, American Jewish Congress President Paul S. Miller issued the following statement:
Obviously any sincere condemnation of all forms of terrorism by bona fide religious leaders of the Muslim community would be a welcome development. So, we would like to be able to applaud the statement of the Fiqh Council without reservation. What troubles us, and leads to hesitancy, are reports that some of those involved in the issuance of the Fiqh Council statement have been past supporters or advocates for terrorism, causing skepticism over whether their statement can be taken at face value. On the other hand, because radicals play so dominant a role in the leadership of the Muslim community, if we insist in accepting only statements issued by those people with perfectly clean hands, there may be no one who holds a position of acknowledged leadership capable of issuing a statement that will be taken seriously by other Muslims.
Past statements by moderate Muslims condemning terrorism suffered from the deficiency that they had little impact, while statements by more-radical Muslims until now were ambiguous about whether acts of terrorism against Israel and Israelis were included in the condemnation. Ironically, because the current unequivocal statement comes from those with radical credentials it is likely to have far greater impact than past pronouncements in putting an end to the acceptability of terror. Essentially, "only Nixon can go to China."
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US group anti-terror fatwa called bogus
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45509
Thanks for the link.
I don't think the NAFC is fooling too many people with this.
I don't agree with the AJC's conclusion regarding the impact of the fatwa.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I put as much credence in fatwas as I do on what's printed the New York Times--zero.
There, I fixed it for you.
I don't agree with the AJC's conclusion regarding the impact of the fatwa.
We'll see.
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That's quite a link. thanks for posting it.
I'm afraid it's done with a wink and a nod. Check out the groups involved with NAFC. And any time CAIR endorses anything, you have to be leery.
Check out the link in #2.
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