HotAirhttps://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/05/01/muslim-clerics-to-issue-fatwa-against-killings-and-violence/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:26:34 -0400Muslim clerics to issue fatwa against killings and violence?<![CDATA[Could Muslim clerics of competing sects come together to issue a fatwa against violent jihad? The US and the Anglican church in Iraq hope that they can shepherd it into reality. After working together for months in places like Cairo and Denmark, Shi&#8217;ite and Sunni clerics will issue a religious ruling that violent jihad is anti-Islamic. The fatwa could force radicals to at least an intellectual defensive and hinder recruitment for suicide bombers and terrorists:]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/05/01/muslim-clerics-to-issue-fatwa-against-killings-and-violence-n154508