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A fatwa has been issued by Britain's largest Sunni Muslim group proclaiming the July 7 London transit bombings as the work of a "perverted ideology."
In issuing the binding religious edict, the Sunni Council said Sunday the bombings were anti-Islamic and that the Koran, Islam's holy book, forbade suicide attacks.
"Who has given anyone the right to kill others? It is a sin. Anyone who commits suicide will be sent to Hell,'' said Mufti Muhammad Gul Rehman Qadri, the council chairman.
"What happened in London can be seen as a sacrilege. It is a sin to take your life or the life of others.''
The fatwa also said Muslims could not use the "atrocities being committed in Palestine and Iraq" to justify acts like the transit bombings that killed 55 and wounded 700.
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Grand Mufti Muhammad Gul Rehman Qadri said: 'Anyone who commits suicide will be sent to Hell.
'It is the explicit saying of the Holy Prophet who ordered his followers to seek peace and harmony wherever they should live, not to cause death and destruction or to live counter to the laws of that host country.'
Last night, [Mohammed] Sarwar [a Glasgow MP] revealed the Fatwa had been passed unanimously by the 3000 imams at the meeting in Birmingham.
He said: 'I congratulate the imams for the leadership they have shown to the Islamic community.
'We have to open our young people's eyes to the fact that these extremists are acting against Islam, the very religion they falsely claim to proclaim.
'This is a strong statement that true believers will do everything we can to get rid of the extremists and terrorists in our midst.'
The Fatwa quoted verses from the Islamic holy book, the Koran, which forbid suicide and killing or hurting people.
The Fatwa said: 'The attacks in London have no Islamic justification, are totally condemned and we equally condemn those behind the masterminding of these act, those who incited these youths to further their perverted ideology.'
Grand Mufti Qadri added: 'We urge all Muslims and non- Muslims to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice.
In my opinion this is exactly what the Muslim community needed to do. Show the rest of us that they are as horrified at these attrocities and attacks on them as we are. Show that these Murderers do not have a mandate from the Muslim community to commit murder on their behalf and show that they will stand beside those who fight terrorism.