(The Age, 21/11/2024)
The only people who can agree on the response of murder and genocide are Jewish Religious and Christian Zionist – at least some Muslims are against the 7 October attack – every death is anti God whatever the ‘flavour’ of your belief and anybody who claims a faith should be against all violence – Mark
Cairo: The Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war has stirred debate among the enclave’s Palestinian clerics, with some saying it was not worth the heavy civilian death toll and others declaring the October 7, 2023 assault was an Islamic duty.
Responding on an online messaging platform to questions sent by Gazans, prominent preacher Suleiman al-Dayya said Muslim leaders should avoid going into battles if the harm inflicted upon civilians was greater than the gains.
He said warriors should question the wisdom of fighting if it increased the harm to religion, life, honour, children or wealth or the seizure of land, let alone the destruction of the “foundations of life”.
Dayya’s views are well respected in Gaza among both ordinary residents and Islamists, and he also has influence with Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. A decade ago, he issued a fatwa for Palestinians to honour the Egypt-brokered ceasefire that ended the 2012 Gaza War.
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