tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-686159566552014692023-06-20T20:58:34.517-07:00The Forgotten War: ApostacySergei Andropovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264025738916361584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68615956655201469.post-3123631145266072632007-05-03T20:15:00.000-07:002007-11-20T19:06:35.293-08:00Why I use the term "Apostate""...we have requested the national government and Spanish mass media to stop using<br />the words Islam or Islamic to describe these malefactors, given they are not Muslim nor have any relationship with our Umma or Islamic Community; instead needing to call them Al Qaida terrorists, but without using Islamic as an adjective, since as it has been declared above, they are not legally so.<br /><br />"Likewise, we ask those in charge of mass media to acknowledge what has been stated here and to proceed from now on under the criteria exposed above; particularly, by not tying Islam nor Muslims with any terrorist acts; especially if the acts appear dressed with any Islamic language or pretension."<br /><br />(From the Madrid fatwa, available on the Documents page)<br /><br /><br />I have chosen to respect the Commission's request, although as I find the term "al-Qaeda terrorists" to be rather bulky and inflexible, I use the word Apostate instead. Following is a supplementary list of fatwas disowning terrorism:<br /><a href="http://www.cair-net.org/FatwaJuly2005.pdf"><br />U.S. Muslim Religious Council (July 2005)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.muhajabah.com/otherscondemn.php">Muslims Condemn Terrorist Attacks</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.islamicnews.org.sa/en/search1.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=946684066&id=1187444923&archive=&cnshow=news&start_from">Abu Dhabi Statement (August 2007)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.islamtoday.com/showme2.cfm?cat_id=29&sub_cat_id=1521">Statement by Sheikh Salman, first emir of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Zawahri's old boss)</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Sergei Andropovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264025738916361584noreply@blogger.com3