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| Iraq militants ask if kidnapping foreigners is acceptable under Islam |
| 2004-09-05 |
| An Iraqi militant group appealed today to an influential Sunni Muslim organization for an edict on whether the kidnapping of foreigners who work for occupation forces is acceptable under Islam. The appeal came as a Turkish transportation company, Renay International, announced it would withdraw from Iraq a day after Iraqi militants threatened to behead one of its employees - the latest company to meet kidnappers' demands to go. Also Sunday, a slain Egyptian was found near Beiji, about 150 miles north of Baghdad, his hands bound and signs of a beating on his corpse, said Iraqi Maj. Gen. Anwar Mohammed Amin. It was not immediately clear if he was a kidnapping victim. Militants waging a 16-month insurgency have increasingly turned to kidnapping to force coalition forces and contractors from the country. More than 100 foreigners have been abducted since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2002 and many have been executed. The Arab television station Al-Arabiya on Sunday aired a videotape showed a masked man identifying himself as a member of the group ``Holders of the Black Banners,'' reading a statement seeking a ``fatwa'' or religious edict from the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq. The militants asked whether Islam permits the kidnapping and killing of foreigners who work for occupation forces, sayind the association should ``issue a legal fatwa defining this issue, and we are ready to abide by it.'' The Holders of the Black Banner recently kidnapped seven truck drivers from India, Kenya and Egypt, demanding their employer stop working in Iraq. The drivers were released after weeks in captivity. The Association of Muslim Scholars had no immediate comment. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #7 The Assoc of Muslim Scholars are bought and paid for Baathists. They used to be on Sadaam's payroll. These guys are tools who will issue fatwa's for money. They are highly political unlike their Shiite counterparts. (My info comes from the blog of an Iraqi prof of ME studies at Berkeley. He hates the US as do most of his posters. The terrorists in Iraq are only nationalists fighting invaders, etc. Regardless, some good info. Sorry, the link is on my work computer.) |
| Posted by: Remote Man 2004-09-05 6:30:23 PM |
| #6 This is a very difficult question for a Muslim scholar to answer when the entire world is watching. Not used to working under pressure, eh? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-09-05 6:09:57 PM |
| #5 Iraq militants ask if kidnapping foreigners is acceptable under Islam My bet? Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....yep. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-05 5:36:21 PM |
| #4 "a slain Egyptian... his hands bound and signs of a beating on his corpse... It was not immediately clear if he was a kidnapping victim" The alternative is what? He volunteered? |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-09-05 4:53:41 PM |
| #3 The Association of Muslim Scholars had no immediate comment. This is a very difficult question for a Muslim scholar to answer when the entire world is watching. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-09-05 12:22:46 PM |
| #2 It is a lot easier to do soemthing and explain why you did it than to do nothing and try to explain why. So, I s'pect even amoungst devoutly Russian Orthodox FSB/Army guys, they're not too worried about being caught putting wimmins' panties on the heads of these jihadis. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-09-05 10:47:17 AM |
| #1 The "Association of Muslim Scholars" will have th burden of the entire Islamic religion resting on their answer. The militants asked whether Islam permits the kidnapping and killing of foreigners who work for occupation forces Hmmm - There's that religion of "peace" again. I'm wondering if some of those soldiers in North Ossetia will ask the senior Russian Orthodox priests if coating the dead Chechen terrorist's bodies with lard as an incendiary before the bodies are cremated violates any New Testament passage? Are we all curious? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-05 10:43:20 AM |