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Jerusalem, 12 September 2001
Chief Rabbi Bakshi-Doron calls on Islamic clerics to rescind suicide-bombing fatwa and call for the preservation of the
sanctity of life
(Communicated by the Chief Rabinate's Spokesman)
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron today (Wednesday),
September 12, 2001, called on the Islamic clerics who had
published a fatwa ordering suicide-bombings and declaring the
bombers 'shahid' - martyrs - to rescind the terrible order and to
call on the world to preserve the sanctity of of life, and to
forbid large-scale attacks on innocent civilians.
Whoever calls a suicide bomber a martyr is an accessory to the
horrible crime, because that is the spiritual infrastructure for
the perpetrators of these crimes. The fatwa encourages suicide
bombings, and the cries of joy among the Muslim youth in various
places proves this.
I call on the leaders of the Arab world who are condemning this
terrible tragedy to call on religious leaders to immediately
cancel the definition of a suicide bomber as a martyr and forbid
all large-scale attacks.
We all pray to the Creator of the universe to bring peace amongst
us and bestow only good tidings upon us.
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