Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani issues fatwa on terror against Canadians

[whirlygigspin]

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, had called on his Canadian followers to abide by a fatwa or religious edicts barring them from acts of terror or violence against innocent people.

"Any Muslim man or woman must act in the best interests of his or her country of residence by protecting it from all acts that might put this country in jeopardy," Abbas said, reading from what he said was the fatwa, a ruling issued by an Islamic scholar.

--it was later clarified to apply to all muslims in whatever country they live.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/14823482.htm

"Tam Hariri of the Lebanese Islamic Center in Montreal, where the news conference was held, said confirmation of the fatwa was received by e-mail from Imam Murtadha al-Kashmiri. He said al-Kashmiri was the ayatollah's North American representative.

Al-Kashmiri stressed that the fatwa was not specific to Canada, but that al-Sistani was reiterating that Canadian Muslims must follow his prior fatwas which deem violence against innocent people a sin."

--Now, if we could only get Bush to obey fatwah's...

[Bragi]

1. We're Good with Team Shia...

But I wonder about how we're doing with Team Sunni.

Or the Palestinians, on the wake of Canada going anti-PLA after the election, even before the U.S.

How do the Saudis now feel about Canada, or the Afghanis?

-B