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Doha hosts conference on Islamic law
Middle East Online Muslim legal scholars are to open a six-day meeting here Saturday on interpreting Islamic law that conference sources said would also focus on international terrorism and possibly the looming conflict in Iraq. The gathering, expected to draw representatives from more than 50 countries, will in addition debate an Islamic response to the September 2001 attacks in the United States allegedly carried out by Muslims aboard hijacked airliners. "One cannot speak of international violence without speaking of September 11," said one conference source who asked not to be named. "That is not possible." The strategy so far seems to be to wait, and then wait longer. Eventually, they'll have it in the same category as Agincourt or Pharsala â interesting, but not particularly pressing. The discussions have been organized by the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which itself is a specialized agency of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The OIC groups 57 predominantly Muslim nations from around the world. Last year they tried to come up with a definition of terrorism that didn't include the Paleos or Kashmir. That didn't work, and all the delegates went home with their turbans askew from the mental contortions that were involved... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-11 |
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