Ulema declare Daesh ‘Khawarij’
Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) on Wednesday termed the self-styled Islamic State (Daesh) as a ‘Khawarij’ (those who deviated from mainstream Islam). This declaration was made at the international ‘Paigham -i-Islam’ conference organised by the PUC. Mufti-e-Azam Palestine Al-Sheikh Muhammad Ahmed Hussein presided over the event. The declaration, passed during the conference, condemned the attacks on […]
Finally a sensible, but difficult, path to reducing terrorism
The difference between the sensible and superficial approaches to tackling the scourge of terrorism and other forms of violent extremism by groups such as Daesh was as clear as possible last week, in two efforts by the US government and the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. For all those puzzled people around the world […]
ISIL on the decline
In the summer of 2014 a band of terrorists and assassins bounded onto the stage of history and announced plans to conquer the world. Naming themselves the Islamic State, but often called ISIS or ISIL or Daesh, they proclaimed themselves a caliphate, an ancient form of Islamic government. For a while, they seemed unstoppable. They […]
Moderate Muslims Counter ISIS Propaganda With Their Own Media Strategy
Imam Omar Atia (left) and Zac Parsons discuss Islam’s teachings in effort to combat what they see as misinformation being spread about the religion. Reclamation Studios YouTube U.S. officials are concerned about the recruiting efforts of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS, as the group has stepped up its online outreach. One team […]
Join hundreds of Muslim leaders and Scholars worldwide in their Open Letter to Baghdadi.
Executive Summary It is forbidden in Islam to issue fatwas without all the necessary learning requirements. Even then fatwas must follow Islamic legal theory as defined in the Classical texts. It is also forbidden to cite a portion of a verse from the Qur’an—or part of a verse—to derive a ruling without looking at everything […]