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In reply to the discussion: AC 360 Breaking News. Many middle eastern nations are sending arms to Syrian opposition. Cooper [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)4. This is essentially a sectarian war between Sunni Arabs and the Shi'ia Syrian regime.
A group of Salaafist (Sunni) clerics just declared a fatwa against the minority Shi'ia (Allawite) leadership of the Ba'ath Party regime in Damascus. First, here's the report (from a Sunni paper) and then look at the nice folks we're allied with:
107 of the most well-known Muslim scholars from various countries, representing various Islamic groups and organizations have signed the statement (calling for jihad in Syria) which was issued on Tuesday 7th February 2012 / 15th Rabi' al-Awwal 1434. They include Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Dr. Ali Gomaa, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, and Shaikh Rached Al-Ghannouchi of Tunisia.
Shaikh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad also joins these scholars in signing this declaration as well as calling on the scholars of the United Kingdom to join the signatories. (Those interested in signing the declaration should contact MRDF via e-mail and we will add their names.)
The scholars call on Muslims and free people all over the world to support the Free Syrian Army and at the same time call on the Free Syrian Army to be disciplined in order not to stray from its mission to protect the Syrian people - they should steer clear of harming innocent people and carrying out revenge attacks.
The scholars also announced their support for any sincere effort to curtail the bloodshed in Syria and to protect the Syrian people from a prolonged civil war which could destroy the country. Such support, they said, is a fundamental Islamic requirement. They said that they supported the holding of free elections which would express the will of the people.
http://www.islam21c.com/editorials/2407-fatwa-on-syria-by-107-scholars
Al-Qaradawi has also described Shi'ites as heretics ("mubtadi'oun" . Fellow member of International union of Muslim Scholars, Mohammad Salim Al-Awa criticized Qaradawi for promoting divisions among Muslims. In response, the Iranian Press Agency has described Qaradawi as "a spokesman for international Freemasonry and rabbis".
Qaradawi accused what he called "heretical" Shias of "invading" Sunni countries.
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Al-Qaradawi has long had a prominent role within the intellectual leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian political organization, but twice (in 1976 ...
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Ali Gomaa, who as the grand mufti (chief Islamic jurist) in Cairo is the senior Sunni Muslim figure in Egypt, was one of the Common Word signatories.
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Not to be confused with Mohamed Ghannouchi. ... Religion, Sunni Muslim. Rashid al-Ghannushi or Rached Ghannouchi (Arabic: راشد الغنوشي? (born 1941) is a Tunisian Islamist .... "Global Muslim Brotherhood Claims Victory In Tunisia".
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Sh. Haitham al-Haddad Haitham al-Haddad is a London-based Islamic Scholar and Muslim community ...
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London-based radical Muslim cleric Haitham Al-Haddad who sits on the UK's ... Muslim Brotherhood's Egypt: village evicts 8 Christian families ... London-based cleric Haitham Al-Haddad is a member of the pan-global Sunni organization ...
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Jan 13, 2012 The Muslim Brotherhood states that its ultimate aim is global Sharia. ... Haitham al-Haddad Claims Women Are Begging Him to Get Stoned ...
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Feb 9, 2012 During the uprising against the Mubarak regime, a Muslim website published ... al Qaradawi, the highly influential Muslim Brotherhood theologian, in Qatar Saturday. ... Haitham al-Haddad Claims Women Are Begging Him to Get Stoned ... Righteous Sunni Muslim Bombs 32 Shia Rafida to Jahannam · The ...
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5 days ago Al Qaeda is a spin-off of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, and Egypt & Syria ... are considered by many Sunni to be heretics - i.e. essentially non-Muslim. ... Haitham Al-Haddad is a Muslim scholar who teaches what is the Islam of ...
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AC 360 Breaking News. Many middle eastern nations are sending arms to Syrian opposition. Cooper [View all]
applegrove
Feb 2012
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Saudis are sending in al-Qaeda to set off the bombs. Another nice, clean war we're brewing up
leveymg
Feb 2012
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Nice edit: you realized accusing the people being slaughtered of committing genocide was Orwellian?
TheWraith
Feb 2012
#2
This is essentially a sectarian war between Sunni Arabs and the Shi'ia Syrian regime.
leveymg
Feb 2012
#4
There's a reason the Syrians are killing each other, and have been doing so since the mid-1960s.
leveymg
Feb 2012
#8
'76-'82 was a religious war fueled by outsiders Both sides committed atrocities, and they are now.
leveymg
Feb 2012
#22
Does a minority-based (15%) government have the right to commit genocide because "they have good
pampango
Feb 2012
#21
There is no genocide, but there is the potential for one if the minority Shi'ia are overthrown.
leveymg
Feb 2012
#23
You are confusing cause and effect here. People have to dodge sniper fire to get a loaf of bread
Fool Count
Feb 2012
#10
To protect women and children? By blowing them up with bombs and hiding in their midst?
Fool Count
Feb 2012
#17
This did not start out as "peaceful" protests. There has been ongoing terrorism by the Salaafists
leveymg
Feb 2012
#24
Yup. Though many on DU will refuse to look at the proxy war realities. nt
riderinthestorm
Feb 2012
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