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The respected Islamic official’s critique argued that the damage inflicted on Gaza, as a result of Hamas’s attacks, was a breach of Islamic law. Professor Dr. Salman al-Dayah, a former dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the Islamic University of Gaza, issued a fatwa against Hamas for their October 7 attacks, the BBC reported on Friday. Fatwa is an Islamic religious decree made by a recognized Islamic jurist, Faqih, as a response to a question asked by a judge or government. The document accused Hamas of “violating Islamic principles governing jihad.” Dayah added, “If the pillars, causes,...