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| Muslim scholars to ban violence | ||
| 2005-07-06 | ||
AMMAN, Jordan, July 6 (UPI) -- Muslim scholars and thinkers from 40 countries meeting in Jordan are preparing a covenant banning violence and terrorist acts, sources said Wednesday. Some 170 scholars will be closing their two-day conference in Amman later Wednesday amid calls to condemn acts of violence and terror carried out by certain Islamic extremist groups contrary to the nature and principles of Islam, the sources said.
Jordanian King Abdullah warned at the opening of the conference that such acts by terror groups tarnish the true image of Islam and give non-Muslims pretexts to interfere in the affairs of Muslim countries and peoples. | ||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 yes this is a toughie for the scholars they only have a few ways to do this without abrogating normative sharia they can say, in effect, 'don't kill the infidel now, wait until the time is right' they can say, in effect, 'don't kill the infidel unless it is in self defense or defense of islam' the problem is that they've done this so many times that the number of naive persons who are fooled by it decreases each time |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-07-06 10:37 |
| #1 Muslim scholars and thinkers from 40 countries meeting in Jordan are preparing a covenant banning violence and terrorist acts. Expect the following conclusion. Dar el Harb is violence and terrorism. The righteous have a right to self-defense. |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2005-07-06 09:06 |