Personally, I saw this story yesterday and it actually made me feel pretty good:
Quote:
Spanish Muslims issue fatwa against Al-Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden
MADRID (AFX) - Spain's Islamic Commission, which groups the nation's Muslim community, said it was issuing a fatwa against Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden,
'We are going to issue a fatwa (religious decree) against Bin Laden this afternoon,' Mansour Escudero, who leads the Federation of Islamic religious entities (Feeri) and co-secretary general of the Spanish governmenmt-created Commission told AFP.
The Commission invited Spanish-based imams to condemn terrorism at Friday prayers, when the whole country will be remembering the 191 people who were killed in the train blasts and the 1,900 injured a year ago.
The attacks have been blamed on mainly Moroccan Islamic extremists loyal to Bin Laden.
'We have called on imams to make a formal declaration condemning terrorism and for a special prayer for all the victims of terrorism,' Escudero said.
The Commission has also drawn up a document designed to 'thank the Spanish people and the government for their attitude towards Muslims' since last March 11, in particular for not taking 'disproportionate' measures similar to those which the Sept 11 attacks sparked in the US.
The Commission called on Muslims to take part in Friday's commemorative programme being organised by Spanish authorities and community groups and to work with them to ensure terrorism was defeated.
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To me, this is the kind of outcry from Muslims I have been waiting to hear. If I missed previous accounts like this, I apologize, this is the only one I have seen so far (except Saudi Arabia).
Does this represent a possible change in the tide?
While this event, by itself, may not really account for much, do you think this will open the door to more reaction by the peacful representatives of Islam?
If I am correct, and there really hasn't been outcry like this, was it because of fear of retaliation (i.e. alleged Al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia who did speak out against Al Qaeda and the like)?
Will this get the ball rolling?
Or...is this nothing and we should all just move along, there is nothing to see here?