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Under-Covered Story: Anti-Terrorism Fatwa

Islamic scholar Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri is now, unsurprisingly, on the jihadists’ hit list, after having released a 600-page fatwa condemning terrorism.

Here’s an eye-opening quote:

The basic reason for issuing this fatwa at this moment was that a wave of terrorism and violence had become very strong during the past two years, and the terrorists started slaughtering some of those who didn’t agree with their ideology and even took dead bodies out of their graves and started hanging them from the trees.

More here.

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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