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  • Al-Azhar Scholars Denounce Berg's Beheading("decapitator vented his anger at the occupation forces")

    05/13/2004 12:06:45 AM PDT · by ambrose · 14 replies · 262+ views
    Islam Online ^ | 5.12.04
    By Sobhy Mujahid, IOL Correspondent CAIRO, May 12 (IslamOnline.net) - Several scholars from Al-Azhar, the world's highest Sunni religious authority, condemned the decapitation of an American civilian by unknown people in Iraq, saying Islam stands against such acts. "Islam respects the human being, dead or alive, and cutting off the American's head was an act of mutilation forbidden by Islam," Ibrahim Al-Fayoumi, a member of Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy, told IslamOnline.net. He cited a number of verses from the holy Qur'an which affirm giving due respect to dead people regardless of their race or religion. However, Fayoumi suspected the whole...