Reuters: Muslim Scholars Recast Jihadists' Favorite Fatwa
Prominent Muslim
scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the
religious edict radical Islamists often cite to justify killing cannot
be used in a globalized world that respects faith and civil rights.
A conference in Mardin in southeastern Turkey declared the fatwa by 14th century scholar Ibn Taymiyya rules out militant violence and the medieval Muslim division of the world into a "house of Islam" and "house of unbelief" no longer applies.
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A conference in Mardin in southeastern Turkey declared the fatwa by 14th century scholar Ibn Taymiyya rules out militant violence and the medieval Muslim division of the world into a "house of Islam" and "house of unbelief" no longer applies.
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