March 27, 2003
MORE COMPLAINTS FROM EXTRA-NATIONAL AUTHORITIES (via Rantburg):
U.S. Failed To Get A Fatwa Legalizing War On Iraq (Islam Online, 3/27/2003)The U.S. government has been unable to find any Muslim American organization to issue a Fatwa, a religious ruling, ascribing legality to the war against Iraq....The Muslim American anger continues to simmer, although it has not boiled over into the streets because of the intimidating laws [such as the USA Patriot Act]....
CAIR warned against an indefinite occupation of Iraq because it will fuel anti-American sentiment.... “Such an occupation could quickly turn into a political and military quagmire.”
They have a point. Surely we need a fatwa to go to war just as much as we need permission from the UN and the International Criminal Court and the Belgian judicial system. Posted by Paul Jaminet at March 27, 2003 12:14 PM
A wire story in my paper a few days ago was the first sign I have seen of an Islamic group taking an unequivocal antiterrror stance. It was a small, regional group in South Florida, calling for vigilance to turn in the alleged dirty bomb terrorist last seen in South Florida.
I have been warned not to impute motives, so I cannot say whether they find the prospect of being irradiated by a Muslim brother trumps faith; or whether they are truly part of the civilized world; or perhaps just cynics.
Anyhow, while I have often doubted the existence of "Muslim moderates," it appears there are some. About 0.000001%, maybe.