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Saturday
9 July 2005 |
Grand
Mufti and Others Denounce London Bombings
The Kingdom’s grand mufti yesterday strongly denounced
the deadly blasts that rocked London, saying Islam strictly
prohibits the killing of innocent people. He also censured
the terrorists for tarnishing the image of Islam by attaching
their heinous crimes to the religion.
The
explosions that ripped through central London’s transport system on
Thursday, “targeting peaceful people, are not condoned
by Islam, and are indeed prohibited by our religion,” Sheikh
Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh said in a statement carried by the
Saudi Press Agency.
“Attributing to Islam acts of individual
or collective killings, bombings, destruction of properties
and the terrorizing of peaceful people is unfair, because
they are alien to the divine religion,” said the mufti,
who also heads the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars, Saudi
Arabia’s highest religious authority.
“Islam
is a religion of reforms and righteousness. It envisages
the progress of humanity and takes it from darkness
to light. It also calls for respecting agreements and prohibits
their violation,” the mufti said referring to accords
binding governments. “Causing corruption on earth
is one of the biggest crimes in Islam,” he explained.
Sheikh
Abdul Aziz said respectable Muslim scholars all over
the world have stated that such outrages bear no relation
to Islam.
Sheikh
Abdul Mohsen Al-Obaikan, a senior Saudi scholar and
a Shoura member, said there was no justification, whatsoever,
for the killing of innocent people. Speaking to MBC television,
he urged all members of the Muslim community in Britain
to cooperate with British authorities in tracking down
the criminals behind the attacks.
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Shaikh
Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al-AsShaikh, the Grand Mufti of
Saudi Arabia, Chairman of the Committee of Senior Ulema
[religious scholars] and Chairman of the Department of
Scientific Research and Ifta [guidance], today condemned
the terrorist bombings in London and issued the following
statement:
"Killing
and terrorizing innocent people and the destruction of
property are not condoned by Islam. Attributing all these
horrific incidents to Islam is unjust. Muslims should tell
the truth and unveil falseness, and inform all people that
Islam is a religion of righteousness, betterment and progress.
Islam is the final revelation that Allah chose for humankind
to guide it from darkness to light. Allah said: “This
day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed
My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your
religion.”
Our
religion urges us to fulfill our obligations and prohibits
us from abandoning such obligations. Allah said:
{O
you who believe! Fulfill your obligations.}
The
unjust killing of a human being in Islam is forbidden.
Allah said:
{And
kill not anyone whom Allah has forbidden except
for a just cause.} Corruption
on earth is considered a major sin in Islam. Allah said:
{And of mankind
there is he whose speech may please you in this worldly
life, and he calls Allah to witness as to that which
is in his heart, yet he is the most quarrelsome of the
opponents. And when he turns away from you, his effort
in the land is to make mischief therein and to destroy
the crops and the cattle, and Allah likes not mischief.
And when it is said to him ‘Fear
Allah,’ he is led by arrogance to more crime.
So enough for him is Hell, and worst indeed is that
place to rest.}
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