FATWA IS ANOTHER ...

...positive step in the direction of solving the world's Muslim dilemma.

An organization of top American Muslim religious scholars plans to issue a formal ruling today condemning terrorism and forbidding Muslims to cooperate with anyone involved in a terrorist act, according to officials of two leading Islamic organizations.

The one-page ruling, or fatwa, will be issued by the Fiqh Council of North America, an association of Islamic legal scholars that interprets Islamic law for the Muslim community. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group, said the ruling does not represent a new position on terrorism. Rather, Hooper said, "it is another way to drive home the point that the American Muslim community rejects terrorism and extremism."

This does not resolve the Israeli-Palestinian question but it will turn world opinion in a direction more conducive to dialogue. Though I'm still convinced the fanatics are not likely to take to talking anytime soon.

HT: Christian Headlines