Moderate Muslims DO Get It
An op ed in the Los Angeles Times’ last week by a Muslim religious scholar named Reza Aslan, talks about a convocation of Islamic scholars, clerics and educators held in Amman, Jordan back on July 6 (2005) that resulted in the issuance of a fatwa (sort of similar to a decree by the Pope, only – unfortunately – there isn’t any representative head of Islam to compare to the Pope). The fatawa said – I’m paraphrasing – that the terrorists were after moderate Muslims, that terrorism “committed in the name of Islam” was wrong, etc., etc.
In Islamic circles this is also being credited as the reason Zarqawi's crew of thugs targeted Amman earlier this month.
With my slowly-getting-boring-inability-to-embed-links into my own fatawas and bulls, here’s the URL for the entire piece. It’s a quick, good read and provides a fair amount of insight for those of us who have little knowledge of Islam
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-aslan16nov16,0,4010709.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
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