Spanish Muslims issue fatwa on bin Laden

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Spanish Muslims issue fatwa on bin Laden
By Isambard Wilkinson in Madrid

Muslims in Spain issued a fatwa against Osama bin Laden yesterday. The ruling by the Islamic Commission of Spain, the main body representing the nation's one million Muslims, came on the eve of the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, which were linked to the al-Qa'eda network.

The fatwa said that, in accordance with the Koran, "the terrorist acts of Osama bin Laden and his organisation al-Qa'eda... are totally banned and must be roundly condemned as part of Islam". The fatwa is believed to represent the first major condemnation of bin Laden by a mainstream Muslim organisation.

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Two comments:
1 Good
2 About f***ing time too. You hear all the time about the 'moderate Muslims', and yet it takes FOUR YEARS for the "the first major condemnation of bin Laden by a mainstream Muslim organisation".