This This review reports the main fatwas [religious-legal rulings] issued in November 2012, in response…
This This review reports the main fatwas [religious-legal rulings] issued in November 2012, in response to readers’ questions, by Minbar Al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, the Web site of Salafist ideologue Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi.
Highlights:
Sheikh Al-Shanqiti 1. Calls on the Muslims in Africa to join the mujahideen in Mali, and urges those in Libya to defend their country against secular elements before rushing to fight jihad elsewhere.
2. Does not believe Egyptian President Morsi will implement shari’a [Islamic law].
3. States that women are full partners in all aspects of jihad.
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