Fatwa To Outlaw Bombers

Thanks to commenter Rahid I discovered plans by the leaders of some British Muslim groups to issue a fatwa to-

effectively outlaw the bombers among Muslims by stating the attacks were a breach of the most basic tenets of Islam.

That Muslim groups in Britain are making a public effort to condemn the terrorists is, of course, a good thing. However, I do have reservations. The first is that although Muslim leaders are saying that attacks of this nature are "a breach of the most basic tenets of Islam", there seems to be no evidence to back this up.

Qur’an 9:5 “When the sacred forbidden months for fighting are past, fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, torture them, and lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”

This, it would seem, is ample support for the terrorist attack just carried out. How, exactly, does a terrorist attack breach this? To combat what the media regards as "radical Islam", moderates need to be able to use the actual teachings of the Koran. Islamic terrorists do not seem to have a problem is couching the terms of their battle in religious terms and to combat this apparent "misunderstanding" of the Religion of Peace Islamic leaders in Britain will have to use similar arguments.

My second reservation is highlighted by Jihad Watch and the comments made, by Muslims, on IslamOnline.

"Those behind this atrocity aren't just enemies of humanity but enemies of Islam and Muslims," said Sacranie. Look at how the Queen's favorite pet "Muslim" rushes to the defense of his masters. Just like a little yelper dog..."We're not talking about Muslims here. We're talking about a bunch of nutters," said Qureshi. Another tawagheet-butt kissing "Muslim" who is little more then another barking dog. The[y] figure if they bark enough their masters will feed them."

If, as LGF joked the other day, hundreds of thousands of Muslims marched against terrorism- in exactly the way that the Free Muslims Against Terror tried (and, sadly, failed) to do- then that might make me begin to think that British Muslims were, on the whole, totally against these attacks. Until then, I'm not entirely convinced.