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From: LindyBill7/16/2005 10:24:44 AM
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Muslim Scholars Condemn London Attack, but....
Jihad Watch
By Robert

...not suicide attacks in general. In Israel and Iraq they're ok -- which indicates that their problem with them in London is just tactical, not moral. From AP, with thanks to Sr. Soph:

LONDON (AP) -- Muslim leaders and scholars condemned the London bombings Friday but stopped short of criticizing all suicide attacks, with some of them saying those targeting occupying forces are sometimes justified.

The 22 imams and scholars meeting at London's largest mosque said in a joint statement that the perpetrators of the subway blasts had violated the Quran by killing innocent civilians and that no one should consider them martyrs.

In a later press conference, the conferees were repeatedly asked if they also condemn suicide bombings in countries such as Iraq and Israel.

''There should be a clear distinction between the suicide bombing of those who are trying to defend themselves from occupiers, which is something different from those who kill civilians, which is a big crime,'' said Sayed Mohammed Musawi, the head of the World Islamic League in London.

''The media in the West are mixing the difference between these two, and the result is that some of our Muslim youth are becoming more frustrated and they think that both are the same, even though Muslim law forbids killing any innocent lives,'' Musawi said.

All the leaders at the news conference appeared to agree with Musawi.
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