Source/Credit: Huffington Post
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Controversy surrounding the Shafia murder trial prompted imams from across Canada and the U.S. to issue a moral ruling Saturday officially condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as “un-Islamic.”
Thirty-four imams belonging to the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, including a handful of American members, signed the fatwa in an effort to counter misinterpretations of the Qur’an, they said.
While it has no legal teeth, the fatwa is “morally binding” for all Muslims, said Syed Soharwardy, a Calgary-based imam who founded the council.
“So if anybody is thinking that honour killing is allowed in Islam, or domestic violence is OK or misogyny is OK, we are saying no, you are dead wrong,” he said Saturday in announcing the measure.
The ruling comes after a verdict was delivered last weekend in the Shafia murder trial, in which a Montreal couple and their son were convicted of killing four female relatives.
The Crown alleged three teenage Shafia sisters and their father’s first wife in a polygamous marriage were killed in an effort to restore the family’s honour.
The trial captured worldwide attention and cast a shadow over Canada’s Islamic community, prompting many religious and community leaders to speak out against domestic violence.
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Thanks God somehow mainstream Muslim Ulema too came forward and did something collectively for Islam. Thanks God.