Isis terror threat: Leading

British Muslims issue fatwa

condemning terror group

Senior Islamic scholars implore Britons not to join
Islamic extremists like Isis in the conflicts in Iraq
and Syria
Muslim leaders have issued a fatwa condemning Islamic extremist group Isis, and have said that British
jihadis are betraying their own societies by getting involved in the conflicts in Iraq and Syria.



The fatwa represents the British Muslim communitys strongest denunciation of Isis yet, calling the
extremist group heretical and an oppressive and tyrannical group.
According to The Sunday Times, the fatwa, authored by Sheik Usama Hasan, a former imam from east
London, and supported by six senior Islamic scholars across the country, says it is religiously prohibited
(haram) to support or join Isis.
Though Muslims have a moral obligation to help the Syrian and Iraqi people, they must do so without
betraying their own societies, the fatwa states.
Baroness Warsi, former Foreign Office minister: These are substantial figures and I welcome this
announcement. The Islamic State is neither a state nor Islamic. I echo the words of these religious
leaders.