Moderate Muslims Worldwide Respond Positively to Spanish Fatwa Against Bin Laden

March 29, 2005

Source: The Washington Times

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20050329-125828-1853r.htm

On March 29, 2005 The Washington Times reported, "The condemnation of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda by the Islamic Commission of Spain on the first anniversary of the train bombings in Madrid that took 200 lives is making waves throughout the Muslim world. The Spanish commission's fatwa, or condemnation, follows other signs of the kind of public theological debate rarely seen in the Muslim world, openly challenging the dominance of Saudi Arabia's wealthy Wahhabi fanatics. One Islamic scholar even calls it a sign of 'a counter-jihad.'"

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