Iranian cleric says human bomb attacks are against Islam
"An influential Iranian cleric connected to hardliners in Teheran issued a powerful conciliatory signal yesterday when he denounced suicide bombings against civilians as a 'crime' and came close to recognising the State of Israel."
"...Dr Safavi, a follower of Sufi mysticism who shares his time between London and Teheran, criticised the suicide bombers on the grounds that even in a military jihad,' or holy war, Islam does not permit the targeting of the innocent.
"'For Muslims to kill civilians unconnected with any attack on them is a crime. This is not in accordance with Islam,' he writes, 'The principal law of Islam is, 'Don't attack civilians'. This includes Jewish, Muslim or Christian civilians.' He added: 'If we have an enemy, then our enemy's child and our own child have no involvement in our confrontation . . . It is not right to involve children who have no sin.'"
It is interesting to see such civilized comments only a few days after another cleric issued a fatwa calling for the death of anyone selling property to Jews.
"An influential Iranian cleric connected to hardliners in Teheran issued a powerful conciliatory signal yesterday when he denounced suicide bombings against civilians as a 'crime' and came close to recognising the State of Israel."
"...Dr Safavi, a follower of Sufi mysticism who shares his time between London and Teheran, criticised the suicide bombers on the grounds that even in a military jihad,' or holy war, Islam does not permit the targeting of the innocent.
"'For Muslims to kill civilians unconnected with any attack on them is a crime. This is not in accordance with Islam,' he writes, 'The principal law of Islam is, 'Don't attack civilians'. This includes Jewish, Muslim or Christian civilians.' He added: 'If we have an enemy, then our enemy's child and our own child have no involvement in our confrontation . . . It is not right to involve children who have no sin.'"
It is interesting to see such civilized comments only a few days after another cleric issued a fatwa calling for the death of anyone selling property to Jews.
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