Periodical Review: Fatwas – November-December 2010
The following report is an overview of the main Fatwas published during November and December 2010 on the Minbar Al-Tawhid wal-Jihad site, which belongs to the Salafi ideologist Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi. The surfers’ questions are answered by the “site’s Sharia Committee”, which includes a number of prominent Salafi sheikhs.
The Fatwas published over the past two months have dealt with a broad range of subjects and areas, including: religious laws to be upheld in prison; laws pertaining to those who work in government offices; laws pertaining to those who work in non-Muslim institutions; religious judgments regarding Sharia-permitted ways of fundraising for Jihad; laws regarding the harming Christians; etc.