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ISLAMABAD — Prominent scholars dismissed as un-Islamic the attack that targeted the Danish embassy on Monday, June 2, while blaming the Pakistani and Danish governments for fermenting Muslim sentiments during the offensive cartoon crisis.  | "According to Shari`ah, foreigners are under the legal protection of any Islamic government," said Rahman. (Photo through Google) |
"This incident has nothing to do with Islam and we all condemn it," Mufti Mohammed Naeem, Principal of the Jamia Binoria madrasah and a Karachi-based scholar, told IslamOnline.net. A car bomb rocked the Danish embassy early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring nearly 30 others. Two of the dead were policemen. The Danish daily Politiken quoted embassy charge d'affaires Michael Hjortso as saying only one Dane was in the building at the time of the blast. Mufti Naeem stressed that attacks on non-Muslim foreigners living in Muslim countries are forbidden in Islam. Mufti Munib Ur-Rahman, a renowned scholar and Chairman of the Pakistan Central Moon Sighting Committee, agreed. "This is an unfortunate act. We do not justify or back it," he told IOL. "According to Shari`ah, foreigners are under the legal protection of any Islamic government," insisted Rahman, also the president of the Tanzeem-ul-Madaris in Pakistan. "Their protection is legal and religious binding and they should not be harmed by any means." |
