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FATWA ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS & TERRORISM
FOREWORD
Presented here is the translation in English of the
introduction, together with the contents listing and
bibliography, of the fatwa, or Islamic decree, delivered
by His Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad
Tahir-ul-Qadri, a highly renowned Islamic scholar and
recognised authority on Islam, on the vital matter of
suicide bombings and terrorist attacks carried out in
the name of Islam. It is regarded as a significant and
historic step, the first time that such an explicit and
unequivocal decree against the perpetrators of terror
has been broadcast so widely.
The original fatwa has been written in Urdu, and
amounts to 600 pages of research and references from
the Qur'an, Hadith [traditions and sayings of the
Prophet Muhammad (s)], opinions of the Companions
(of the Prophet), and the widely accepted classical
texts of Islamic scholarship. The introduction
presented here is intended to provide the general
reader with the essential message of the decree, while
the table of contents is fleshed out to provide a
foretaste of the relevant topics discussed and
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