msnbc.msn.com : Pakistan-born Muslim leader issues 600-page anti-terror fatwa in British capital

msnbc.msn.com : Pakistan-born Muslim leader issues 600-page anti-terror fatwa in British capital

updated 8:24 a.m. ET March 2, 2010

LONDON - The leader of a global Muslim movement has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, that he calls an absolute condemnation of terrorism.

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistani lawmaker, says the 600-page fatwa bans suicide bombing "without any excuses, any pretexts, or exceptions."

Tahir-ul-Qadri has issued similar, shorter decrees, but Tuesday's event in London is being hosted by the Quilliam Foundation, a government-funded, anti-extremism think tank.

Source : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35660161/

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