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Pah-Wraith
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 Thu May 13, 2004 3:08 pm Religious Authority of Orthodox Islam denounces beheading |
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| Quote: | CAIRO, May 12 (IslamOnline.net) - Several scholars from Al-Azhar, the world's highest Sunni religious authority, condemned the decapitation of an American civilian by unknown people in Iraq, saying Islam stands against such acts.
"Islam respects the human being, dead or alive, and cutting off the American's head was an act of mutilation forbidden by Islam," Ibrahim Al-Fayoumi, a member of Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy, told IslamOnline.net.
He cited a number of verses from the holy Qur'an which affirm giving due respect to dead people regardless of their race or religion.
However, Fayoumi suspected the whole episode was "an American propaganda to divert attention from the scandal of the U.S. military abuse of Iraqi detainees".
A video put on a website linked to Al-Qaeda shows the beheading of Nicholas Berg with his executioners saying it came in revenge for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops.
Under the title "The moment of revenge ," The Independent likened the horrific incident to the Iraqi prisoner scandal as "cruel image for cruel image".
'Harming Islam'
Mahmoud Emara, another member of the Academy, slammed the decapitation, saying it would harm the image of Islam.
"The mutilation even of enemies is rejected by Islam. A mistake could not justify another," he underlined.
The scholar cited the respect Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had paid to bodies in the battle of Badr when he ordered the burial of the dead irrespective of their religion.
The Prophet urged his Companions on the day of Badr to be kind to their captives and treat them with clemency .
'Venting Anger'
Abdel-Rahman Al-Adawy, another member of the Islamic Research Academy, agreed.
"There is no basis in Islam to justify this, as Islam calls for justice and treating the prisoners with clemency," he said, noting that the occupation forces share a fair share of blame.
"The decapitator vented his anger at the occupation forces," mired in gruesome acts of torturing and abusing Iraqi detainees.
Al-Adawy said the broadcasting of the execution "mirrors deep anger now filling the hearts of all Muslims and world peoples over the U.S. military abuses of Iraqi civilians."
The scholar recalled that the Iraqis "were not even prisoners of war but simple civilians detained for no clear purpose."
Mohamed Raafat Othman, an Academy member, said Islam deems mutilating the body of an enemy a "punishable" crime" because after all he is a human being.
A video, titled "Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi slaughtering an American", showed five hooded men standing behind Berg while one of them read a statement denouncing the abuses of Iraqi detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.
The bearded Berg was seated on the ground dressed in an orange jumpsuit while the statement was read. After the statement was finished, Berg's captors decapitated him with a large knife.
The State Department said the body of Berg, a Philadelphia resident, was found at the weekend dumped in Baghdad.
Several Iraqi leaders and scholars have strongly condemned the beheading, saying its is against the essence of Islam. |
I think it's vital that the leaders of Muslims speak out against the Bastards that beheaded an Innocent Civilian in the name of Islam.
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Puck
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| Thu May 13, 2004 9:07 pm |
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This makes me very happy. The US cannot fight terror alone. We need people of this faith to help in uprooting the cancer out of it, and destroying the extreme false propaganda.
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