And another thing.
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catsidheRead this.
That Fatwa is interesting: it says that if you are a suicide bomber, then you cease to be Muslim in the eyes of Allah. That means when you die, you die without religion. That means you don't get to go to paradise, and those 70 houris (which could mean virgins, or could mean a fizzy fruit drink, depending on which language the Qur'an was written in) have to find something else to occupy their time for the rest of eternity.
For people who take fatwas seriously, it would certainly take the fun out of being a 'martyr', wouldn't it?
Now why have I not seen this on the news? Anywhere?
It probably went to the same place as those widespread and vehement condemnations did: the Memory Hole. We can't have evidence of Muslims acting decently and inteligently, now, can we?
"British Muslim scholars are drafting a fatwa that will strip the bombers, if proved Muslims, of the right to call themselves so.
"The Muslim minority in Britain has vehemently condemned the terrorist attacks.
"London attacks had also drawn condemnation from scholars, officials and individuals from across the Muslim [world] as running counter to the teachings of Islam."
That Fatwa is interesting: it says that if you are a suicide bomber, then you cease to be Muslim in the eyes of Allah. That means when you die, you die without religion. That means you don't get to go to paradise, and those 70 houris (which could mean virgins, or could mean a fizzy fruit drink, depending on which language the Qur'an was written in) have to find something else to occupy their time for the rest of eternity.
For people who take fatwas seriously, it would certainly take the fun out of being a 'martyr', wouldn't it?
Now why have I not seen this on the news? Anywhere?
It probably went to the same place as those widespread and vehement condemnations did: the Memory Hole. We can't have evidence of Muslims acting decently and inteligently, now, can we?
