Scholars Try to Curb "Sea of Fatwas"

[PsychoDad]

Scholars Try to Curb "Sea of Fatwas"

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-07/07/article01.shtml

AMMAN, July 7, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Top Muslim scholars agreed fatwas (religious edicts) on labeling other Muslims as “apostate” should be limited to scholars with religious authority, urging to unify the words and stances of Muslims to highlight the Islamic teachings of moderation, tolerance and respect for the other.
...
"Declaring that person an apostate is impossible, verily his or her blood, honour and property are sacrosanct," said the final statement of the International Islamic Conference.
...
The conference’s final statement was based on fatwas issued by 10 top Muslim scholars - including Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, Egypt’s mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa – that fatwas must only be in the hands of qualified scholars recognized by the eight Islamic schools of thought.

At the start of the three-day conference, King Abdullah II condemned religious extremism which, he said, sullied the image of Islam and called for Muslim countries to harmonize their schools of jurisprudence.

“Divisions within the global Islamic community, acts of violence and terrorism and accusations of apostasy and the killing of Muslims in the name of Islam violate the spirit of Islam," he said in the opening address Monday.

[NAO]

1. Radical Cleric Dr. James Dobson Issued a Fatwa on SpongeBob

for his sympathy with the "homosexual agenda".

This was the most important Fatwa from the American Taliban Radical Clerics since Jerry Falwell issued a Fatwa on Tinky Winky.

I hope someone curbs the Radical Clerics of the American Taliban, or I fear our children will have nothing to watch on Saturday morning (except possibly that sucky show "Davey and Goliath").