Fatwa on Terrorism

The fatwa received widespread media attention and was positively covered by the international press.

{{cite web|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/03/02/tahir-ul-qadri-and-the-difficulty-of-reporting-on-fatwas/|title=Tahir ul-Qadri and the difficulty of reporting on fatwas|work=Reuters|accessdate=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202011906/http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/03/02/tahir-ul-qadri-and-the-difficulty-of-reporting-on-fatwas/|archive-date=2015-02-02|url-status=dead}}

According to CNN, some experts see the fatwa as a significant blow to terrorist recruiting.

{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/terror.fatwa.analysis/index.html|title=Some experts see fatwa as significant blow to terrorist recruiting|website=CNN |accessdate=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108010752/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/terror.fatwa.analysis/index.html|archive-date=2012-11-08|url-status=live}}

CNN's Amanpour show added the fatwa summary to its website and declared it to be fatwa for peace,

{{cite web|url=http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/11/fatwa-for-peace/|title=Fatwa for Peace|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202001936/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/11/fatwa-for-peace/|archive-date=2015-02-02|url-status=dead}}

while the US State Department declares the fatwa to be significant step in taking Islam back from terrorists.

{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/03/muslim-leaders-edict-decries-terrorism/|title=Muslim leader's edict decries terrorism - Washington Times|work=The Washington Times|accessdate=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106192938/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/03/muslim-leaders-edict-decries-terrorism/|archive-date=2015-01-06|url-status=live}}

Before it had been released, Douglas Murray described the Fatwa on Terrorism, in an article in the Evening Standard, as "potentially important", although he said "A single fatwa will not change the level of denial and self-criticism inherent in so much of modern Islam".{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810140-is-this-a-triumph-for-the-islamic-peacemakers.do |title=Is this a triumph for the Islamic peacemakers? |work=The Evening Standard |accessdate=1 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122104015/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810140-is-this-a-triumph-for-the-islamic-peacemakers.do |archivedate=22 January 2012 }}

ITV news channel questioned the credibility of the fatwa and asks if it was not by the British government because senior counter-terrorism officials from Scotland Yard and MI5 were present at the launch.

{{Cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/fatwa-condemns-terror52128/ |title=Fatwa condemns terror |access-date=2010-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606053826/http://www.itv.com/news/fatwa-condemns-terror52128/ |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=dead }}

The 512-page English book version of the fatwa, Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings, (London: Minhaj-ul-Quran, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-9551888-9-3}}) has a foreword by John Esposito and an introduction by Joel Hayward, both of whom share Qadri's scholarly assessment that, regardless of any intention, the evil of terrorism remains evil and must be exposed, opposed and condemned.

{{Cite web |url=http://www.minhajpublications.com/?p=33 |title=English version of published Fatwa on Terrorism |access-date=2011-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207225900/http://www.minhajpublications.com/?p=33 |archive-date=2011-02-07 |url-status=dead }}

The Fatwa on Terrorism has been officially endorsed by Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.{{cite web|url=http://www.yanabi.com/index.php?/topic/415493-drtahir-ul-qadris-histroic-fatwa-cetrtification-from-by-al-azhar-university|title=Dr.Tahir-ul-Qadri鈥檚 Historic Fatwa cetrtification from by Al-Azhar University|work=Spirit Of Islam|accessdate=1 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202011942/http://www.yanabi.com/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F415493-drtahir-ul-qadris-histroic-fatwa-cetrtification-from-by-al-azhar-university|archivedate=2 February 2015}}

{{Cite web |url=http://www.minhajpublications.com/?p=33 |title=Al-Azhar University Certification |access-date=2011-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207225900/http://www.minhajpublications.com/?p=33 |archive-date=2011-02-07 |url-status=dead }}

In January 2011, the fatwa was discussed at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.

{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/reality-terrorism|title=The Reality of Terrorism|work=The Reality of Terrorism - World Economic Forum|accessdate=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202011617/http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/reality-terrorism|archive-date=2015-02-02|url-status=dead}}

In June 2011, Pope Benedict XVI received a copy of the fatwa from representatives of Minhaj Interfaith Relations. The Pope reportedly appreciated that it promoted peace, harmony and interfaith dialogue.

[https://www.nation.com.pk/24-Jun-2011/minhaj-man-meets-pope Minhaj man meets Pope]

{{cite web|url=http://www.interfaithrelations.com/english/tid/14224/Fatwa-on-Terrorism-presented-to-Pope-Benedict-XVI-in-Vatican-City-Minhaj-man-Fatwa-on-Terrorism-and-Suicide-Bombings-issued-by-Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri|title=Fatwa on Terrorism presented to Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City - Interfaith Relations|author=Interfaith Relations|work=Interfaith Relations|accessdate=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202002958/http://www.interfaithrelations.com/english/tid/14224/Fatwa-on-Terrorism-presented-to-Pope-Benedict-XVI-in-Vatican-City-Minhaj-man-Fatwa-on-Terrorism-and-Suicide-Bombings-issued-by-Shaykh-ul-Islam-Dr-Muhammad-Tahir-ul-Qadri|archive-date=2015-02-02|url-status=live}}

The Fatwa on Terrorism was reviewed positively by Kemal Argon who published a review in The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2011, pp. 149–160. Islamic University of Rotterdam, Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://www.fatwaonterrorism.com/fatwa-on-terrorism/fatwa-reviews/ |title=Fatwa Reviews |accessdate=1 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202002910/http://www.fatwaonterrorism.com/fatwa-on-terrorism/fatwa-reviews/ |archivedate=2 February 2015 }}

• Minhaj-ul-Quran International
• London Declaration for Global Peace and Resistance against Extremism 2011

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