So where are all the imams and mullahs

[CanonRay]

who should be issuing fatwahs and declaring holy war against Assad? They are real quick if you publish a cartoon about Mohammed.

[BainsBane]

1. How do you know they haven't?

Because it's not on cable news?

[CanonRay]

3. I don't see it on Al Jazeera, or the BBC, or any other source

I don't see outraged demonstrations all over the Arab world. I don't see Muslim countries lining up their armies to go get Assad. I just don't see the anger in the Muslim world, yet somehow we're supposed to be responsible for being their sheriff? On "cable news" or not it just isn't happening. Why is it only our problem to fix?

[David__77]

2. They have for years. The radical al Qaeda types I mean.

Plenty of preachers in Syria support Assad and have even issued fatwas against the insurgents. The radical salafist ones have called for his death for a long time.

[Jesus Malverde]

4. Aleppo fatwas: Cover up and don’t eat pastry

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Residents of “liberated zones” in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria are accustomed to moderate Islamic teachings far from fanaticism and extremism, but recent rulings by new religious courts set up groups associated with opponents of the government have begun to make many uneasy, with rulings seeking to regulate everything from dress to diet.
In one recent example at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, the city’s new consolidated judicial council issued a decision saying that those who “abandon iftar,” the evening fast-breaking meal, would be imprisoned for a full year. They pointed out that decision is derived from the “unified Arab penal code,” originating from Islamic Shari’a law and issued by the Arab League.

The council, a subsidiary to the Free Syrian Army (FSA), warned in a communiqué of “the severity of skipping iftar without an excuse,” and noted that “the unified Arab penal code, adopted as applicable law, punishes those who violate the sanctity of Ramadan.” The statement excused the “pardoned Mujahideen,” asking them “not to speak out during iftar so they are not accused within their religion.”

The council, made up of 20 members including seven lawyers and three judges, said: “The resolution was issued following the converged efforts of legitimate bodies operating within the rebel brigades with efforts from lawyers supporting the revolution in Syria.”

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/08/article55312086

[Jesus Malverde]

5. Fatwas Heighten Sectarian Tensions in Syria Conflict

Saudi Arabian religious scholars are leading an increasingly vocal chorus of Islamic preachers who are urging Muslims and Arabs to support Syrian rebels against what they say are atrocities at the hands of Iran-backed Shiite forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

On Friday, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Sheikh Saud El-Fridayeym, issued a rare appeal to Muslims to provide help "by all means" to Syrian rebels and civilians trapped in the Syria conflict.

Popular Saudi Sheikh Mohammed Al-Erify used his guest sermon in a central mosque in Cairo, Egypt to appeal to thousands of worshippers to back groups fighting the Assad regime and urged his audience to enlist in jihad.

On Thursday, dozens of Islamic religious scholars, mostly from the Gulf, gathered in Cairo to study plans to call for an international appeal for jihad in Syria.

On Jun. 4, Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-financed television channel that is usually liberal, hosted conservative leader Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi, who is based in Doha, Qatar, to urge support for jihad against Hezbollah forceswho are fighting alongside Assad's forces in Syria.

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2013/06/16/16831

[Jesus Malverde]

6. Lebanon rejects fatwas calling for jihad in Syria

With Hizbullah's growing involvement in fighting alongside the Syrian regime and the rising death toll of Hizbullah members killed performing what the group labels "jihadist duty" in that country, counter fatwas emerged calling on the Lebanese to wage jihad in support of the Syrian opposition.

The calls – issued by two clerics, one in Sidon and the other in Tripoli – were condemned by Lebanese officials.

The two clerics issued fatwas on April 22 urging Lebanese youth to join the fight in defence of the town of Qusayr in Syria, which is reported to be under fierce attack by the Syrian army and Hizbullah fighters.

Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, who announced the establishment of the "Free Resistance Brigades" in Sidon, deemed jihad in Syria a "religious duty on every Muslim who is able to do so".

Meanwhile, Sheikh Salem al-Rafei in north Lebanon issued a fatwa that says it is urgent to "defend Sunnis" in Qusayr.

http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/main/2013/05/03/feature-02

[Jesus Malverde]

7. Islamic cleric decrees it OK for Syrian rebels to rape women

An Islamic cleric has cleared the path for rebels in Syria, who are trying to oust President Bashar Assad, to rape women, so long as they’re non-Sunni.

Salafi Sheikh Yasir al-Ajlawni, who hails from Jordan but who lived in Damascus for 17 years, sent a message via YouTube: It’s a “legitimate fatwa” for Muslims waging war against Mr. Assad and trying to put in place a Sharia government to “capture and have sex with” Alawites and other non-Sunni, non-Muslim women, Human Events reports. Mr. Assad is part of the Alawites sect.

In the video, the cleric called non-Muslim women by their Arabic term, “melk al-yamin,” Human Events reports. The term is from the Koran and refers to non-Muslim sex slaves, Human Events says.

This isn’t the first time Islamists have called for the raping of women.


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/3/islamic-cleric-decrees-it-ok-syrian-rebels-rape-wo/#ixzz2dYxi0oqs

[Jesus Malverde]

8. 15-year-old boy executed for blasphemy by Syria jihadists

Muhammed Qatta was executed in the northern province of Aleppo on Sunday by the Al-Qaeda front group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. He had been accused of using the Prophet Mohammed's name in an offensive manner, the organisation said.

The group said the boy was working at his coffee stand in Aleppo when he was abducted by three armed men who arrived in a black car, according to witnesses. Qatta's mother said one of the men appeared to be local while the others spoke with foreign accents. The men reportedly abducted him on Saturday and came back the following day, with the boy bearing torture marks.

The rebels then shot the boy in the head and neck with an automatic rifle in front of a crowd that included Qatta's parents. Before shooting him, the rebels reportedly declared that taking the name of the Prophet in vain was a sin and that others who did so would be similarly punished.

According to reports, the rebels targeted the boy because he had said he wouldn't give out coffee on credit "even if (Mohammad) comes back to life." The saying - or at least a variation of it - is a common phrase used by Syrians, according to Al Jazeera.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10111687/15-year-old-boy-executed-for-blasphemy-by-Syria-jihadists.html