Afghan Islamic Clerics (Ulema) final Decision
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Excerpts of the final decree of Afghan Islamic clerics, or Ulema, on U.S. demands for the handover of Osama bin Laden. The text was distributed Thursday by the Taliban news agency in the Pashtu language and was translated by The Associated Press:
“Afghanistan’s Ulema is sad over the losses in the United States and hopes that the United States will not launch an attack on Afghanistan, and that the U.S. will show patience and flexibility and will take more time to properly investigate the incident.
The Afghan Ulema demands the United Nations and the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) hold an inquiry into the incident in the United States to know who were behind the incidents and to prevent the killing of innocent people in the future.
The United Nations and the OIC should take note of the American president’s remarks, who said that the war will be a crusade.
These remarks have hurt the feelings and the sentiments of the Muslim community and the remarks have posed a serious danger to the world.
In order to prevent such kind of incidents and that there should be no misunderstanding in future, this Ulema council requests the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to persuade Osama bin Laden to leave Afghanistan and select a new place for himself.
If the United States attacks Afghanistan after these proposals, any U.S. action will be against the sacred Islamic law. It will amount to an act against Islam. We have found it in all Islamic jurisprudence if the non-Muslims attack Muslim land, jihad is obligatory on the Muslims and Quran, Sayings of the Prophet and all the books of jurisprudence urge the Muslims to wage the jihad. ...
If the non-Muslim invades or attacks the land of Muslims, in this situation Muslims can seek assistance from the Muslims and non-Muslim governments but with the condition that the Islamic orders should remain supreme. This has been proven in the books of Islamic jurisprudence.”
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