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A prominent Islamic scholar will use a speech in London to issue a 600-
page religious edict, denouncing terrorists and suicide bombers as
"unbelievers".
Wreck of a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, London, after the
July 7 terror attacks
Scholar condemns terror attacks like 2005 London bombings which killed
52 people
Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri is a leading figure who has promoted peace and
interfaith dialogue for 30 years.
He said he felt compelled to issue the fatwa because of concerns about
the radicalisation of British Muslims at university campuses and
because there had been a lack of condemnation of extremism by Muslim
clerics and scholars.
Ul Qadri says his fatwa, which is aimed at persuading young Muslims to
turn their backs on extremism, goes further than any previous
denunciation.
"This is the first, most comprehensive fatwa on the subject of
terrorism ever written," said ul Qadri, who has written about 350
books on Islamic scholarship.
He is a scholar of Sufism, a long tradition within Islam which is
widely seen as focusing on peace, tolerance and moderation
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