001 Amman Message

THE
AMMAN
MESSAGE
the royal aal al-bayt institute for islamic thought
2009 jordan
THE
AMMAN
MESSAGE
2009 jordan
isbn 978- 9957-428-30-3
CONTENTS
Introduction v
TheAmmanMessage 1
TheThree Points of theAmmanMessage 16
GrandList of Signatories 23
FrequentlyAskedQuestions 83
INTRODUCTION
T
heAmmanMessagestartedas adetailedstatement
released the eve of the 27th of Ramadan 1425 ah /
9th November 2004 ce by H.M. King Abdullah II bin
Al-HusseininAmman, Jordan. It sought todeclarewhat
Islamis and what it is not, and what actions represent it
and what actions do not. Its goal was to clarify to the
modernworldthe true nature of Islamandthe nature of
trueIslam.
Inorder togivethis statement morereligious author-
ity, H.M. KingAbdullahIIthensent thefollowingthree
questions to 24 of the most senior religious scholars
fromall around the world representing all the branches
andschools of Islam: (1) Who is aMuslim? (2) Is it permissi-
ble to declare someone an apostate (takr)? (3) Who has the
right toundertake issuingfatwas (legal rulings)?
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Based on the fatwas provided by these great scholars
(who included the Shaykh Al-Azhar; Ayatollah Sistani
and Sheikh Qaradawi), in July 2005 ce, H.M. King
Abdullah II convened an international Islamic confer-
ence of 200 of the worlds leading Islamic scholars
Ulama) from 50 countries. In Amman, the scholars
unanimously issued a ruling on three fundamental
issues (whichbecame knownas the Three Points of the
AmmanMessage):
1. They specically recognized the validity of all 8
Mathhabs (legal schools) of Sunni, Shia and Ibadhi
Islam; of traditional Islamic Theology (Asharism);
of Islamic Mysticism (Susm), and of true Sala
thought, andcametoaprecisedenitionof whois a
Muslim.
2. Based uponthis denitionthey forbade takr (dec-
larations of apostasy) betweenMuslims.
3. Based upon the Mathahib they set forth the subjec-
tive and objective preconditions for the issuing of
fatwas, thereby exposing ignorant and illegitimate
edicts inthenameof Islam.
TheseThree Points were thenunanimously adopted
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by the Islamic Worlds political and temporal leader-
ships at the Organization of the Islamic Conference
summit at Mecca in December 2005. And over a period
of oneyear fromJuly2005toJuly2006, theThreePoints
werealsounanimouslyadoptedbysixother internation-
al Islamic scholarly assemblies, culminating with the
International Islamic Fiqh Academy of Jeddah, in July
2006. In total, over 500leading Muslimscholars world-
wideas can be seen fromthe Grand List on the pages
that followunanimously endorsed the Amman
MessageanditsThreePoints.
This amounts to a historical, universal and unani-
mous religious and political consensus (ijma) of the
Ummah (nation) of Islamin our day, and a consolidation
of traditional, orthodox Islam. The signicance of this
is: (1) that it is the rst time inover a thousandyears that
the Ummah has formally and specically come to such a
pluralistic mutual inter-recognition; and (2) that such a
recognition is religiously legally binding on Muslims
since the Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon
him) said: My Ummah will not agree upon an error (Ibn
Majah, Sunan, Kitabal-Fitan, Hadithno.4085).
This is good news not only for Muslims, for whomit
provides a basis for unity and a solution to inghting,
but also for non-Muslims. For the safeguarding of the
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legal methodologies of Islam(theMathahib) necessarily
means inherently preserving traditional Islams internal
checks and balances. It thus assures balanced Islamic
solutions for essential issues likehumanrights; womens
rights; freedom of religion; legitimate jihad; good citi-
zenship of Muslims in non-Muslim countries, and just
anddemocratic government. It alsoexposes the illegiti-
mate opinions of radical fundamentalists and terrorists
from the point of view of true Islam. As George Yeo,
the ForeignMinister of Singapore, declared inthe 60th
Session of the U.N. General Assembly (about the
Amman Message): Without this clarication, the war
against terrorismwouldbemuchharder toght.
Finally, whilst this by the Grace of God is a historical
achievement, it will clearlyremainonlyprincipial unless
it is put intopractice everywhere. For this reason, H.M.
King Abdullah II is now seeking to implement it, God
willing, through various pragmatic measures, including
(1) inter-Islamic treaties; (2) national and international
legislation using the Three Points of the Amman
Message to dene Islamand forbid takr; (3) the use of
publishing and the multi-media in all their aspects to
spreadtheAmmanMessage; (4) institutingtheteaching
of theAmmanMessageinschool curricula anduniversi-
ty courses worldwide; and (5) making it part of the
training of mosque Imams and making it included in
their sermons.
Godsays intheHolyQuransays:
There is no good in much of their secret conferences save
(in) whosoever enjoineth charity and fairness and
peace-making among the people and whoso doeth that,
seekingthe goodpleasure of God, We shall bestowonhim
avast reward. (Al-Nisa, 4:114).
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n the name of god, the Compassionate, the
Merciful. Peace and blessings upon His chosen
Prophet, anduponhis household, his noble blessed
companions, anduponall themessengers andprophets:
God Almighty has said: O humankind! We created you
from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes
that you may know each other. Truly the most honored of you
before Godis the most pious of you. (49:13)
This is a declaration to our brethren in the lands of
Islamand throughout the world that Amman, the capi-
tal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is proud to
issue during the blessed month of Ramadan in which the
Quran descended as guidance to humankind and as clarica-
tions for guidance anddiscernment. (2:185)
In this declaration we speak frankly to the [Islamic]
nation, at this difcult juncture in its history, regarding
the perils that beset it. We are aware of the challenges
confronting the nation, threatening its identity, assail-
ing its tenets (kalima), andworking todistort its religion
and harm what is sacred to it. Today the magnanimous
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message of Islamfaces a vicious attack fromthose who
through distortion and fabrication try to portray Islam
as an enemy to them. It is also under attack fromsome
whoclaimafliationwithIslamandcommit irresponsi-
bleacts inits name.
This magnanimous message that the Originator
great is His powerrevealed to the unlettered Prophet
MuhammadGods blessings andpeace uponhim, and
that was carried by his successors and the members of
his household after him, is an address of brotherhood,
humanity and a religion that encompasses all human
activity. It states the truth directly, commands what is
right, forbids what is wrong, honors the human being,
andaccepts others.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has embraced
the path of promoting the true luminous image of
Islam, halting the accusations against it and repelling
the attacks upon it. This is in accordance with the in-
herited spiritual and historical responsibility carried by
the Hashemite monarchy, honored as direct descen-
dants of the Prophet, the Messenger of Godpeace
and blessings upon himwho carried the message. For
ve decades, his late Majesty King Hussein Bin Talal
God rest his souldemonstrated this way with the vig-
orous effort that he exerted. Since the day he took the
ag, His Majesty King Abdullah II has continued this
effort, with resolution and determination, as a service
to Islam, fortifying the solidarity of 1.2 billion Muslims
who comprise one fth of humanity, preventing their
marginalization or extrication from the movement of
human society, and afrming their role in building
human civilization and participating in its progress dur-
ing our present age.
Islam is founded upon basic principles, the funda-
mentals are attesting tothe unity of God(tawhidAllah);
belief in the message of His Prophet; continuous con-
nection with the Creator through ritual prayer (salat);
training and rectifying the soul through the fast of
Ramadan; safeguarding one another by paying the alms
tax (zakat); the unity of the people through the annual
pilgrimage (hajj) to Gods Sanctied House, [per-
formed] by those who are able; and [observing] His
rulings that regulate human behavior in all its dimen-
sions. Over history these [basic principles] have formed
a strong and cohesive nation and a great civilization.
They bear witness to noble principles and values that
verify the good of humanity, whose foundation is the
oneness of the humanspecies, andthat people are equal
in rights and obligations, peace and justice, realizing
comprehensive secur ity, mutual social responsibility,
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beinggoodtoones neighbor, protectingbelongings and
property, honoringpledges, andmore.
Together, these are principles that provide common
ground for the followers of religions and [different]
groups of people. That is because the origin of divine
religions is one, and Muslims believe in all Messengers
of God and do not differentiate between any of them.
Denying the message of any one of them is a deviation
from Islam. This establishes a wide platform for the
believers of [different] religions tomeet the other upon
commonground, for the service of humansociety, with-
out encroaching upon creedal distinctions or upon
intellectual freedom. For all of this we base ourselves
uponHis saying:
The messenger believes in what has been revealed unto
himfromhis Lord as do the believers. Each one believes
in God and His angels and His scriptures and His mes-
sengers. We make no distinction between any of His
messengersand they say: We hear, and we obey.
[Grant us] Your forgiveness, our Lord. Unto You is the
journeying. (2:285)
Islam honors every human being, regardless of his
color, race or religion: We have honored the sons of Adam,
provided themtransport on land and sea, sustained themwith
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goodthings, andconferredonthemspecial favors above agreat
part of our creation. (17:70)
Islam also afrms that the way of calling [others] to
Godis foundeduponkindness andgentleness: Call tothe
path of your Lord with wisdom and a beautiful exhortation,
and debate with themin that which is most beautiful (ahsan).
(16:125) Furthermore, it shuns cruelty and violence in
howonefaces andaddresses [others]:
It is by some Mercy of God that youwere gentle to them.
Were youseverecruel heartedtheywouldhave bro-
kenaway fromyou. So pardonthemandaskforgiveness
for themandconsult withtheminthe conduct of affairs.
Andwhenyouare resolved, put your trust inGod; truly
Godloves those whotrust [inHim]. (3:159)
Islam has made clear that the goal of its message is
realizing mercy and good for all people. The
Transcendent has said, We did not send you [Muhammad]
but out of mercy for all creatures. (21:107) And the Prophet
Muhammadblessings and peace upon Himsaid,
The Merciful has mercy upon those who are merciful,
be merciful to those on earth, He who is in heaven will
bemerciful untoyou.
Islam calls for treating others as one desires to be
treated. It urges the tolerance and forgiveness that
express the nobility of the human being: The recompense
for anevil is anevil equal thereto, but who forgives andrecon-
ciles, his recompense is from God. (42:40) Good and evil are
not equal. Repel with what is most virtuous. Then he between
whomand youthere is enmity will be as if he were an intimate
friend. (41:34)
Islamconrms the principle of justice in interacting
withothers, safeguardingtheir rights, andconrms that
one must not deny people their possessions: And let not
the hatred of others make you swerve to wrong and depart
fromjustice. Be just: that is closer topiety; (5:8) Godcommands
you to return trusts to their owners, and if you judge between
people, you shall judge with justice; (4:58) So give [full] meas-
ure and [full] weight and do not deny the people their goods,
and work no corruption in the land, after it has been set right.
(7:85)
Islam requires respect for pledges and covenants,
and adhering to what has been specied; and it forbids
treacheryandtreason: Fulll the covenant of Godwhenyou
have entered into it, and break not oaths after they have been
conrmed and you have made God your surety; truly God
knows what youdo. (16:91)
Islamrecognizes the noble stationof [human] life, so
there is to be no ghting against non-combatants, and
no assault upon civilians and their properties, children
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at their mothers bosom, students in their schools, nor
upon elderly men and women. Assault upon the life of a
humanbeing, be it murder, injury or threat, is anassault
upon the right to life among all human beings. It is
among the gravest of sins; for human life is the basis for
the prosperity of humanity: Whoever kills a soul for other
thanslaying a soul or corruptionuponthe earthit is as if he has
killed the whole of humanity, and whoever saves a life, it is as
if has revivedthe whole of humanity. (5:32)
The primordial religion of Islam is founded upon
equanimity, balance, moderation, and facilitation: Thus
have we made of you a middle nation that you might be wit-
nesses over the people, and the Messenger a witness over
yourselves. (2:143) The Prophet Muhammadpeace and
blessings upon himsaid: Facilitate and do not make
difcult, bear good tidings and do not deter. Islamhas
provided the foundation for the knowledge, reection
andcontemplationthat has enabledthe creationof this
deep-rootedcivilizationthat was a crucial linkby which
theWest arrivedat the gates of modernknowledge, and
in whose accomplishments non-Muslims participated,
as a consequence of its being a comprehensive human
civilization.
No day has passed but that this religion has been at
war against extremism, radicalism and fanaticism, for
they veil the intellect from foreseeing negative conse-
quences [of ones actions]. Such blind impetuousness
falls outside the human regulations pertaining to reli-
gion, reason and character. They are not from the true
character of thetolerant, acceptingMuslim.
Islam rejects extremism, radicalism and fanati-
cismjust as all noble, heavenly religions reject them
considering them as recalcitrant ways and forms of
injustice. Furthermore, it is not a trait that character-
izes a particular nation; it is an aberration that has been
experiencedbyall nations, races, andreligions. Theyare
not particular to one people; truly they are a phenome-
non that every people, every race and every religion has
known.
We denounce and condemn extremism, radicalism
and fanaticism today, just as our forefathers tirelessly
denounced and opposed them throughout Islamic his-
tory. They are the ones who afrmed, as do we, the rm
and unshakeable understanding that Islam is a religion
of [noble] character traits in both its ends and means; a
religion that strives for the good of the people, their
happiness inthis lifeandthenext; andareligionthat can
only be defended in ways that are ethical; and the ends
donot justifythemeans inthis religion.
The source of relations betweenMuslims andothers
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is peace; for there is no ghting [permitted] when there
is no aggression. Even then, [it must be done with]
benevolence, justice and virtue: God does not prevent you,
as regards those who do not ght you in religions [cause], nor
drive you from your homes, from dealing kindly and justly
with them: truly God loves the just; (60:8) Then if they cease,
let there be noaggression, save against the oppressors. (2:193)
On religious and moral grounds, we denounce the
contemporary concept of terrorism that is associated
with wrongful practices, whatever their source and
form may be. Such acts are represented by aggression
against human life in an oppressive form that trans-
gresses the rulings of God, frightening those who are
secure, violating peaceful civilians, nishing off the
wounded, andkilling prisoners; andthey employ uneth-
ical means, such as destroying buildings and ransacking
cities: Do not kill the soul that God has made sacrosanct, save
for justice. (6:151)
We condemn these practices and believe that resist-
ing oppression and conrming justice should be a
legitimate undertaking through legitimate means. We
call on the people to take the necessary steps to achieve
the strength and steadfastness for building identity and
preservingrights.
We realize that over history extremism has been
instrumental indestroying noble achievements ingreat
civilizations, and that the tree of civilization withers
when malice takes hold and breasts are shut. In all its
shapes, extremismis astranger toIslam, whichis found-
ed upon equanimity and tolerance. No human whose
heart has been illumined by God could be a radical
extremist.
At the same time, we decry the campaign of brazen
distortion that portrays Islamas a religion that encour-
ages violence and institutionalizes terrorism. We call
uponthe international community to work earnestly to
implement international laws and honor the interna-
tional mandates and resolutions issued by the United
Nations, ensuring that all parties accept themand that
they be enactedwithout double standards, toguarantee
the return of rights to their [rightful] holders and the
end of oppression. Achieving this will be a signicant
contributiontouprootingthecauses of violence, fanati-
cismandextremism.
The way of this great religion that we are honored
to belong to calls us to afliate with and participate in
modern society, and to contribute to its elevation and
progress, helping one another with every faculty [to
achieve] good and to comprehend, desiring justice for
all peoples, while faithfully proclaiming the truth [of
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our religion], and sincerely expressing the soundness of
our faith and beliefsall of which are founded upon
Gods call for coexistence and piety. [We are called] to
work toward renewing our civilization, based upon the
guidance of religion, and following upon established
practical intellectual policies.
The primary components of these policies comprise
developing methods for preparing preachers, with the
goal of ensuring that they realize the spirit of Islamand
its methodology for structuring human life, as well as
providing them with knowledge of contemporary cul-
ture, so that they are able to interact with their
communities onthe basis of awareness andinsight: Say,
This is my way. I, andthose who followme, call for Godwith
insight. (12:108); taking advantage of the communica-
tionrevolutionto refute the doubts that the enemies of
Islam are arousing, in a sound, intellectual manner,
without weakness or agitation, and with a style that
attracts the reader, the listener and the viewer; consoli-
dating the educational structure for individual
Muslims, who are condent in their knowledge and
abilities, working to formthe integral identity that pro-
tects against corrupting forces; interest in scientic
research and working with the modern sciences upon
the basis of the Islamic perspective that distinguishes
between creation, life and the human being; beneting
frommodern achievements in the elds of science and
technology; adopting an Islamic approach for realizing
the comprehensive development that is founded upon
[maintaining] the delicate balance between the spiritu-
al, economic and social dimensions [of life]; providing
for humanrights andbasic liberties, ensuring life, digni-
ty and security, and guaranteeing basic needs;
administering the affairs of society in accordance with
the principles of justice and consultation; and benet-
ing from the goods and mechanisms for adopting
democracythat humansocietyhas presented.
Hope lies inthe scholars of our Nation, that through
the reality of Islamand its values they will enlighten the
intellects of our youththe ornament of our present
age and the promise of our future. The scholars shield
our youth fromthe danger of sliding down the paths of
ignorance, corruption, close-mindedness and subordi-
nation. It is our scholars who illuminate for them the
paths of tolerance, moderation, and goodness, and pre-
vent them from [falling] into the abysses of extremism
andfanaticismthat destroythespirit andbody.
We look to our scholars to lead us inpartaking of our
role andverifying our priorities, that they may be exem-
plars in religion, character, conduct, and discerning
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enlightened speech, presenting to the nation their
noble religion that brings ease [in all matters] and its
practical laws in which lie the awakening and joy of the
nation. Among the individuals of the nation and
throughout the regions of the world, they disseminate
good, peace and benevolence, through subtle knowl-
edge, insightful wisdom and political guidance in all
matters, uniting and not dividing, appeasing hearts and
not deterring them, looking to the horizons of fulll-
ment to meet the requirements and challenges of the
21st century.
We ask God to prepare for our Islamic Nation the
paths of renaissance, prosperity and advancement; to
shield it fromthe evils of extremismand close-minded-
ness; to preserve its rights, sustain its glory, and uphold
its dignity. What an excellent Lord is he, and what an
excellent Supporter.
GodAlmighty says: This is My straight path, so followit.
And follow not the [other] ways, lest you be parted from His
way. This has He ordained for you, that you may be God-fear-
ing. (6:152 153)
And the last of our supplications is that praise be to
God, Lordof the worlds. (10:10)
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the three points
of the amman message
the official text of the three points
(version 1)
(1) Whosoever is an adherent to one of the four Sunni
schools (Mathahib) of Islamic jurisprudence (Hana,
Maliki, Shai and Hanbali), the two Shii schools of
Islamic jurisprudence (Jafari and Zaydi), the Ibadi
school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Thahiri school
of Islamic jurisprudence, is a Muslim. Declaring that
person an apostate is impossible and impermissible.
Verily his (or her) blood, honour, and property are
inviolable. Moreover, in accordance with the Shaykh
Al-Azhars fatwa, it is neither possible nor permissible
to declare whosoever subscribes to the Ashari creed or
whoever practices real Tasawwuf (Susm) an apostate.
Likewise, it is neither possible nor permissible to
declare whosoever subscribes to true Sala thought an
apostate.
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Equally, it is neither possible nor permissible to
declare as apostates any group of Muslims who believes
in God, Gloried and Exalted be He, and His
Messenger (may peace and blessings be upon him) and
the pillars of faith, and acknowledges the ve pillars of
Islam, and does not deny any necessarily self-evident
tenet of religion.
(2) There exists more in common between the various
schools of Islamic jurisprudence than there is
difference between them. The adherents to the eight
schools of Islamic jurisprudence are in agreement as
regards the basic principles of Islam. All believe inAllah
(God), Gloried and Exalted be He, the One and the
Unique; that the Noble Quran is the RevealedWord of
God; and that our master Muhammad, may blessings
and peace be upon him, is a Prophet and Messenger
unto all mankind. All are in agreement about the ve
pillars of Islam: the two testaments of faith
(shahadatayn); the ritual prayer (salat); almsgiving
(zakat); fasting the month of Ramadan (sawm), and the
Hajj to the sacred house of God (in Mecca). All are also
in agreement about the foundations of belief: belief in
Allah (God), His angels, His scriptures, His
messengers, and in the Day of Judgment, in Divine
Providence ingoodandinevil. Disagreements between
the ulama (scholars) of the eight schools of Islamic
jurisprudence are only with respect to the ancillary
branches of religion (furu) and not as regards the
principles and fundamentals (usul) [of the religion of
Islam]. Disagreement with respect to the ancillary
branches of religion (furu) is a mercy. Long ago it was
said that variance in opinion among the ulama
(scholars) is a goodaffair.
(3) Acknowledgement of the schools of Islamic
jurisprudence (Mathahib) within Islam means adhering
to a fundamental methodology in the issuance of
fatwas: no one may issue a fatwa without the requisite
personal qualications which each school of Islamic
jurisprudence determines [for its own adherents]. No
one may issue a fatwa without adhering to the
methodology of the schools of Islamic jurisprudence.
No one may claim to do absolute Ijtihad and create a
new school of Islamic jurisprudence or to issue
unacceptable fatwas that take Muslims out of the
principles and certainties of the Shariah and what has
been established in respect of its schools of
jurisprudence.
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the three points endorsed at the islamic
fiqh academy conference (version 2)
The Official version of the three points of the Amman
Message (see above) was the version signed by most of the
signatories listed in the Grand list on the following pages. The
three points were also endorsed at the Islamic FiqhAcademys
17th session held inAmman, Jordan, on 24th-28th June 2006.
The text had slight variations to the official text yet it
followed an essentially identitical form. This is duly noted as
version2 inthe GrandList. The full text is as follows:
(1) Whosoever is an adherent to one of the four Sunni
schools (Mathahib) of Islamic jurisprudence (Hana,
Maliki, Shai and Hanbali), the two Shii schools of
Islamic jurisprudence (Jafari and Zaydi), the Ibadi
school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Thahiri school
of Islamic jurisprudence, is a Muslim. Declaring that
person an apostate is impossible and impermissible.
Verily his (or her) blood, honour, and property are
inviolable. Moreover, in accordance with the Shaykh
Al-Azhars fatwa, it is neither possible nor permissible
to declare whosoever subscribes to the Ashari creed or
whoever practices real Tasawwuf (Susm) an apostate.
Likewise, it is neither possible nor permissible to
declare whosoever subscribes to true Sala thought an
apostate.
Equally, it is neither possible nor permissible to
declare as apostates any other group of Muslims who
believes in God, Gloried and Exalted be He, and His
Messenger (may peace and blessings be upon him), the
pillars of faith (Iman), and the ve pillars of Islam, and
does not deny any necessarily self-evident tenet of
religion.
(2) There exists more in common between the various
schools of Islamicjurisprudencethanthereis difference
between them. The adherents to the eight schools of
Islamic jurisprudence are in agreement as regards the
basic principles of Islam. All believe in Allah (God),
Gloried and Exalted be He, the One and the Unique;
that theNobleQuranis theRevealedWordof Godpre-
served and protected by God, Exalted be He, fromany
change or aberration; and that our master Muhammad,
may blessings and peace be upon him, is a Prophet and
Messenger untoall mankind. All areinagreement about
the ve pillars of Islam: the twotestaments of faith(sha-
hadatayn); the ritual prayer (salat); almsgiving (zakat);
fasting the month of Ramadan (sawm), and the Hajj to
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thesacredhouseof God(inMecca). All arealsoinagree-
ment about the foundations of belief: belief in Allah
(God), His angels, His scriptures, His messengers, and
in the Day of Judgment, in Divine Providence in good
and in evil. Disagreements between the ulama (schol-
ars) of the eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence are
only with respect to the ancillary branches of religion
(furu) and some fundamentals (usul) [of the religion of
Islam]. Disagreement with respect to the ancillary
branches of religion (furu`) is a mercy. Long ago it was
saidthat varianceinopinionamongtheulama(scholars)
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(3) Acknowledgement of the schools of Islamic
jurisprudence (Mathahib) within Islam means adhering
to a fundamental methodology in the issuance of
fatwas: no one may issue a fatwa without the requisite
qualications of knowledge. No one may issue a fatwa
without adhering to the methodology of the schools
of Islamic jurisprudence. No one may claim to do
unlimited Ijtihad and create a new opinion or issue
unacceptable fatwas that take Muslims out of the
principles and certainties of the Shariah and what has
been established in respect of its schools of
jurisprudence.
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Total number of signatures:552 * from84countries
code / conference
True IslamandIts Role inModernSociety
Conference, Amman(July 2005)
[three points version 1] - signed
Forumof MuslimUlama andThinkers, Mecca
(September 2005) - endorsed
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Islamic Schools of Jurisprudence Conference,
Aal Al-Bayt University, Jordan(November 2005)
- endorsed
9thSessionof the Council of Ministers of Religious
Endowments andIslamicAffairs, Kuwait
(November 2005) - endorsed
3rdExtraordinary Session, OIC, Mecca
(December 2005) - endorsed
Moderate IslamicThought andCulture, Amman
(April 2006) [three points version 1] - signed
International FiqhAcademy Conference, Amman
(June 2006) [three points version 2] - signed
total
201
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grand list of all religious and political
leaders who have endorsed the amman
message and its three points
Muslims of Europe Conference, Istanbul
(July 2006) - endorsed
islamic republic of afghanistan
1 H.E. Mr. HamidKarzai
President
2 Amb. NusairAhmadNour
Afghani Ambassador to Qatar
Islamic Envoy of the Government ofAfghanistan
republic of albania
3 H.E. Mr. Florent Celiku
Deputy Minister of ForeignAffairs
4 Mr. Tahir Zenelhasani
people
s democratic republic of algeria

5 H.E. Mr. Abdel Aziz Belkhadem
Minister of ForeignAffairs
6 H.E. Lakhdar Ibrahimi
Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United
Nations; Former ForeignMinister ofAlgeria
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7 Prof. Dr. AbdAllahbinal-Hajj Muhammad
Al GhulamAllah
Minister of ReligiousAffairs
8 Dr. Mustafa Sharif
Minister of Higher Educationand
FormerAlgerianAmbassador inCairo
9 ShaykhYusuf binMahdi
Professor andMember of the Fatwa Committee inAlgeria
10 Dr. SaidShayban
Former Minister of ReligiousAffairs
11 Prof. Dr. AmmarAl-Talibi
Department of Philosophy, University ofAlgeria
12 Mr. AbuJaraAl-Sultani
Headof theAlgerianPeace Society Movement
13 Dr. Ammar Jaydal
*
Batina University
14 Dr. MuhammadZurman
*
Batina University
australia
15 ShaykhSalimUlwanal-Hassani fatwa
Secretary General Darulfatwa, Islamic HighCouncil
16 Ms. Maha KarimAbdo
austria
17 Prof. AnasAl-Shaqfa
Headof the Islamic Commission
18 AymanAly
Federationof the Islamic Organizations inEurope, Graz
19 Mr. Tarafa Baghajati
Initiative ofAustrianMuslims
republic of azerbaijan
20 H.E. Mr. IlhamAliev
President
21 ShaykhAl-IslamAllah-Shakur binHemmat
Bashazada
GrandMufti, MuslimAdministrationof the Caucasus
kingdom of bahrain
22 H.M. KingHamadbinIsaAl Khalifa
23 ShaykhDr. MuhammadAli Al-Sutri
Minister of Justice
24 Dr. FaridbinYaqubAl-Miftah
Undersecretary of the Ministry for IslamicAffairs
25 Mr. MansourAl-Jamri
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26 Dr. IbrahimFadil Al-Dibbo
Professor, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bahrain
people
s republic of bangladesh
27 H.E. BegumKhaleda Zia
Prime Minister
28 Prof. Dr. AbuAl-HasanSadiq
President of theAsianUniversity of Bangladesh
29 Prof. ShamshirAli
President of theAcademy of Sciences
andUniversityVice-President
belgium
30 Mr. Ismail Batakli
Professor of Islamic Studies
31 Mr. MohamedBoulif
President, Islamic Executive Council
32 Mr. AhmedBouziane
33 Dr. KarimChemlal
Pasteur Institute, Lille
34 Mrs. Malika Hamidi-Hosseinpour
Coordinator, EuropeanMuslimNetwork
35 Mr. IbrahimKocaoglu
36 SheikhYacobMahi
Professor of Islamic Studies, Athne Royal Lonardoda
Vinci
37 Dr. AbdelmajidMhauchi
Professor of Islamic Studies
38 Mr. KhalladSwaid
President, FEMYSO
republic of benin
39 H.E. Mr. Dzulkii Salami
Senior Minister of Planning, Economy andDevelopment
40 ShaykhFathi Shitu
bosnia and herzegovina
41 Prof. Dr. ShaykhMustafa Ceric
Headof the Ulama andGrandMufti of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
42 Prof. HasanMakic
Mufti of Bihac
43 H.E. Professor Enes Karic
Professor inFaculty of Islamic Studies
44 Prof. Anes Ljevakovic
Researcher andLecturer, Islamic Studies College
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45 Dr. AhmetAlibasic
Lecturer, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Sarajevo
46 Mr. Amer Bukvic
Islamic Development Bank
47 ImamSenaidKobilica
Vice President, Islamic Council of Norway
48 Mr. Mirnes Kovac
Journalist, PreporodIslamic Newspaper
49 Dr. Sukrija Ramic
University of Zenica
brunei darussalam
50 H.M. SultanHaji Hassanal Bolkiah
51 Prof. Suhaili binHajj Muhyi Al-Din
Deputy Mufti of Brunei
burkina faso
52 H.E. Mr. Youssouf Ouedraogo
Minister of State, Minister of ForeignAffairs
53 Dr. AbuBakr Dakuri
Member of the Executive Council, ISESCO
brazil
54 ShaykhAli MuhmmadAbduni
Representative of the International IslamicYouthClubin
LatinAmerica; AccreditedReligious Representative of
the DarAl-Fatwa of the Republic of LebanoninSaoPaolo
republic of cameroon
55 H.E. Mr. Marfa HamidouYaya
Minister of State
56 ShaykhMahmudMalbakri
Imam, GrandMosque andPresident of the Council of
Ulama
canada
57 ShaykhFaraz Rabbani
Hanafi Scholar, Sunnipath.com
58 Mr. FouzanKhan
Reviving the Islamic Spirit Organization
republic of chad
59 H.E. Mr. Idris Derby
President
60 ShaykhDr. HusseinHasanAbkar
President, Higher Council for IslamicAffairs, Chad
61 Mr. Tijani SabunMuhammad
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union of comoros
62 H.E. Mr. KubMohamedLisharti
Deputy President
republic of cote d
ivoire
63 H.E. Mr. Hamza Salleh
Ambassador inRiyadh
denmark
64 Imam FatihAlev
DanishAssociationof Cybermuslims
republic of djibuti
65 H.E. Mr. Ismail Omar Gulleh
President
66 ShaykhAbdAl-RahmanSulaymanBashir
Member of the Higher Judiciary Council
arab republic of egypt
67 H.E. Mr. MohamedHosni Mubarak
President
68 H.E. GrandImamProf. Dr. Muhammad
SayyidTantawi fatwa
Shaykhal-Azhar
69 Prof. Dr. MahmudHamdi Zaqzuq
70 Prof. Dr. Ali Jumua fatwa
*

GrandMufti of theArabRepublic of Egypt
71 Prof. Dr. AhmadMuhammadAl-Tayyib
President ofAl-Azhar University
72 Prof. Dr. Kamal AbuAl-Majd
Islamic Intellectual; Former Minister of Information;
Attorney inthe Court of Cassation
73 Dr. MuhammadAl-Ahmadi AbuAl-Nur
*
Former Minister of ReligiousAffairs intheArabRepublic
of Egypt; Professor, Faculty of Islamic Law, Yarmouk
University, Jordan
74 Prof. Dr. Fawzi Al-Zifzaf
Chairmanof the Permanent Committee of NobleAl-
Azhar for DialogueAmong the Heavenly Religions;
Member of theAcademy of Islamic Research
75 Prof. Dr. HasanHanafi
Researcher andIslamic Intellectual, Department of
Philosophy, CairoUniversity; Fellowof theAal al-Bayt
Institute for IslamicThought
76 Prof. Dr. MuhammadMuhammadAl-Kahlawi
Secretary, General Unionof IslamicArchaeologists;
Dean, Faculty ofAntiquities, FayyumBranch, Cairo
University
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77 Prof. Dr. AymanFuadSayyid
Former Secretary General, Dar al-KutubAl-Misriyya
78 ShaykhDr. Zaghlul Najjar
Headof the Committee onThe Miraculous Nature of the
Quraninthe Higher Council for IslamicAffairs, Egypt
79 ShaykhMoez Masood
Islamic Missionary
80 Prof. Dr. MuhammadAl-Dasuqi
*
Researcher andMember of the Forumfor the
Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Jurisprudence
81 Mr. Amr Khaled
Islamic Missionary
82 Mr. Bara Kherigi
Director, Awakening Records
83 Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat
Department of Political Science, CairoUniversity
84 Dr. JafarAbdussalam
President of the League of Islamic Universities
85 Dr. Shawqi AhmadDunya
Deanof the (Womens) Faculty of Commerce, Al-Azhar
University
86 Dr. Umar AbdAl-Ka
87 Dr. Huda AbdAl-Sami
88 Eng. Amr FarukFarid
89 Mr. MuhammadAl-SammanLut
90 Eng. AbuAl-Ala Madi
91 Dr. AbdAl-WahhabAl-Masiri
92 Dr. AbdAl-HalimOweis
93 Mr. AhmadShaban
94 Mr. HusamTammam
95 Mr. MuntasirAl-Zayyat
96 Dr. Ragedal-Sirjani
97 Dr. MuhammadHidaya
98 Dr. MuhammadAbdal-MunimAbuZayd
Professor, Faculty of Shariah, Department of Islamic
Economics, YarmoukUniversity
republic of france
99 ShaykhProf. Dalil AbuBakr
Chairmanof the France Supreme Council of the Islamic
ReligionandDeanof the Paris Mosque
100 Dr. HusaynRais
Director of Cultural Affairs, Paris GrandMosque
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101 Prof. Dr. AbdAl-MajidAl-Najjar
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President of the Islamic Centre, Paris
102 Dr. FouadAlaoui
President, Unionof Islamic Organizations inFrance
(UOIF)
103 Ms. FatihaAjbli
Sociologist
104 Ms. SihamAndalouci
Member, Prsence Musulman
105 Dr. AhmedBakcan
Representative, Milli Grs
106 Mr. AbdelwahebBakli
President, MuslimYouthof France
107 ShaykhKhalidAdlenBentounes
AlawiyahSufi Order; Honorary President of the
International
Associationof the Friends of Islam
108 Mr. El Hadji BabouBiteye
President, MuslimStudents of France (EMF)
109 Mr. Laj Thami Breze
Unionof Islamic Organizations inFrance (UOIF)
110 Mr. Haydar Demiryrek
Secretary General, The Islamic Council of France
111 Dr. Boubaker El Hadj Amor
Treasurer, Unionof Islamic Organizations inFrance
(UOIF)
112 ShaykhOunis Guergah
Headof the Fatwa House, Paris
113 Prof. Dr. mer FarukHarman
DITIP, Germany
114 Mr. FouadImarraine
Collecive of Muslims of France
115 Dr. AhmedJaballah
Member of the EuropeanCouncil for Fatwa andReseach,
France
116 Mrs. Noura BenHamouda Jaballah
President of Europeanwomenforum(France)
117 Dr. Zuhair Mahmood
Institute for the HumanSciences (IESH), Paris
118 Dr. MohamedMestiri
Director, International Institute of IslamicThought, Paris
119 Mr. AbdelmajidNajar
120 Ms. Nora Rami
Free Community Organization, Paris
121 ShaykhZakaria Seddiki
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122 Dr. MuhamadBashari
President, Federal Society for Muslims inFrance
republic of gabon
123 H.E. Elhadj Ali BongoAwadamba
Minister of National Defence andChairmanof Supreme
Council for IslamicAffairs andSpecial Envoy of the
President
republic of gambia
124 H.E. Alhaji Dr. YahyaA.J.J. Jammeh
President
125 Mr. Samba Fall
Minister of ForeignAffairs, Youth, Sport, andReligious
Affairs, Gambia
126 Prof. Dr. Omar Jah
Former DeputyAssistant tothe President for Special
Assistance Programs, Islamic Development Bank,
Jeddah
republic of germany
127 Prof. Dr. MuradHofmann
Former GermanAmbassador toMorocco; Intellectual and
Researcher
128 ShaykhSalahAl-DinAl-Jafarawi
Assistant Secretary-General ofWorldCouncil for Islamic
Propagation
129 Mr. Ridvanakir
President, Turkish-Islamic Unionof Germany
130 ShaykhBashirAhmadDultz
GermanMuslimLeague
131 Mr. Belal El-Mogaddedi
132 Mr. IbrahimF. El-Zayat
Headof Public Relations, Federationof Islamic
Organisations inEurope (FIOE)
133 Dr. Sabiha El-Zayat
Centre for IslamicWomenStudies, Institute
for the HumanSciences (IESH), Paris
134 Mr. MesudGlbahar
IGMGPresident ofYouthOrganisations, Germany
135 Mr. Ali Kizilkaya
Head, Islamic Council of Germany
136 Dr. EypA. Khler
137 Mr. Michael MuhammedAbduhPfaff
GermanMuslimLeague
138 Mr. Celal Tter
IGMGPresident of University Org., Germany
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139 Mr. RecepYildirim
EuropeAssociationofTurkishCultural Centers, Germany
140 Mr. OsmanYoba
141 Mr. Nabil Chabib
republic of guinea
142 H.E. Mr. CellouDaleinDiallo
Prime Minister
143 Mr. Al-Husayni Diallo
Inspector General, Ministry of Justice
144 Prof. Dr. QutbMustafa Sanu
Department of Usul al-Fiqh, International Islamic
University of Malaysia
republic of india
145 H.E. Maulana MahmoodMadani
Member of Parliament; General Secretary, Jamiat
Ulema-i-Hindi
146 PrinceJafarAl-SadiqMufaddal SayfAl-Din
Islamic Intellectual
147 PrinceTaha SayfAl-Din
148 Prof. Dr. SayyidAwsafAli
President of HamdardUniversity
149 Prof. Dr. AkhtarAl-Wasi
Headof the Bureauof Islamic Studies, Deanof the College
of Humanities andLanguages; Director of the Dhakir
HusaynCentre for Islamic Studies
republic of indonesia
150 H.E. Dr. Alawi binShihab
Coordinating Minister for PeoplesWelfare
andSpecial Envoy of the President
151 Dr MuhammadMaftuhBasyuni
152 Dr. TuttyAlawiyah
President, Al-Shafii Islamic University
153 Amb. RabhanAbdAl-Wahhab
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia tothe
Hashemite Kingdomof Jordan
154 ShaykhAl-Hajj AhmadHashimMuzadi
Chairman, Central Boardof Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia
155 ShaykhRozyMunir
Vice-Chairmanof the Central Boardof Nahdlatul Ulama,
Indonesia
156 Mr. MuhamadIqbal Sullam
International Conference of Islamic Scholars, Indonesia
157 Dr. MuhammadMasyuri Naim
Professor, Islamic University
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158 Prof. Dr. M. DinSyamsuddin
Chairmanof Muhammadiyah
islamic republic of iran
159 SupremeSpiritual Leader GrandAyatollah
Al-SayyidAli Khamenei fatwa
160 H.E. Dr. MahmoodAhmedinejad
President
161 GrandAyatollahShaykhMuhammadAli Al-Taskhiri
fatwa
Secretary General, Forumfor the Proximity of the Islamic
Schools of Jurisprudence
162 GrandAyatollahAl-SayyidFadil Lankarani fatwa
163 GrandAyatollahMuhammadWaez-zadeh
Al-Khorasani
Former Secretary General, Forumfor the Proximity of the
Islamic Schools of Jurisprudence
164 GrandAyatollahProf. Dr. Al-Sayyid Mustafa
MohagheghDamad
Director of theAcademy of Sciences; Justice inthe
Ministry of Justice; Headof the Inspectorate General
165 HujjatAl-IslamDr. MahmoudMohammadi Iraqi
Chairmanof the Cultural League andIslamic Relations
inthe Islamic Republic of Iran
166 Dr. Al-SayyidMahmoudMarashi Al-Najafi
Headof the GrandAyatollahMarashi Al-Najafi Library
167 Dr. MuhammadAli Adharshab
Secretary-General, Arab-IranianFriendshipSociety
168 Mr. Murtada HashimBur Qadi
Secretary-General, Bureaufor International Relations,
Great Islamic Encyclopaedia
169 ShaykhAbbasAli Sulaymani
Representative of the Supreme Spiritual Leader
inEasternIran
170 Mr. GhulamRida Mirzai
Member, Consultative Council
171 Dr. SyedMuhammadRida Khatimi
Political leader; Former Deputy Speaker of the Iranian
Parliament
172 ShaykhMuhammadShariati
FormerAdvisor tothe President of Iran; Member of
Parliament
173 Amb. MuhammadKazemKhuwansari
Permanent Representative of Irantothe OIC
174 Mr. Ma ShaAllahMahmoudShamsAl-Waithin
Journalist andWriter
175 Dr. Ruqayya RustumYurmaki
*
ImamSadiqUniversity
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176 Dr. MojganSakhaei
*
ImamSadiqUniversity
177 ShaykhAhmadMablaghi
Professor, QomSeminary
178 Dr. GholamReza Noor-Mohammadi
Director, Centre for Islamic Medical Research, Imamal-
SadiqUniversity, Qom; Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
University ofTehran
179 ShaykhHassanJawahiri Zadeh
Professor, Religious Seminary, Qom
republic of iraq
180 H.E. Mr. Jalal Talabani
President
181 GrandAyatollahAl-SayyidAli Sistani fatwa
182 GrandAyatollahShaykhIshaqAl-Fayad fatwa
183 GrandAyatollahAl-SayyidMuhammadSaidAl-
Hakim fatwa
184 GrandAyatollahShaykhBashirAl-Najafi fatwa
185 GrandAyatollahAl-SayyidShaykhHusseinIsmail
Al-Sadr fatwa
186 GrandAyatollahShaykhHusaynAl-Muayyad
*
Knowledge Forum, Baghdad
187 GrandAyatollahAhmadal-Bahadili
Islamic Missionary
188 ShaykhDr. HarithAl-Dari
Headof Ulema organization
189 Dr. MuhsinAbdAl-Hamid
190 Dr. AhmadAbdAl-GhaffurAl-Samarai
Headof the Diwanof the Sunni Waqf
191 Al-SayyidAbdal-SahibAl-Khoei
Secretary General, ImamAl-Khoei Benevolent Foundation
192 Al-SayyidMuhammadAl-Musawi
Secretary General, WorldIslamicAhl Al-Bayt League
193 ShaykhDr. MahmoudMhd. DawudAl-Sumaydai
194 Prof. Dr. AbdAl-AzizAl-Duri
Researcher andHistorian, Department of History,
University of Jordan; FellowofAal al-Bayt Institute for
IslamicThought
195 Prof. Dr. BashsharAwwadMarouf
*
Researcher andEditor; FellowofAal al-Bayt Institute for
IslamicThought
196 ShaykhAbbasAli KashifAl-Ghita
College of Islamic Studies, University of al-Kufa
197 Dr. AbdAl-HamidAl-Najdi
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198 ShaykhWalidFaraj AllahAl-Asadi
College of Islamic Studies, University of al-Kufa
199 ShaykhProf. Dr. AhmadAl-Kubaysi
Missionary andIslamic Intellectual
200 Prof. GhanemJawad
Director of Cultural Affairs, Khoei Benevolent
Foundation
201 Mr. MuhammadAllawi
Assistant Director General, WorldIslamicAhl Al-Bayt
League
202 Prof. SadAl-Malla
203 Dr. MustafaAbdAl-IlahKamal Al-Din
204 Prof. Dr. AdnanAli Al-Faraji
*
Islamic University
205 Dr. Aziz RashidAl-Dayini
*
Islamic University
206 Dr. AbdAl-Qadir MustafaAl-Muhammadi
*
Islamic University
207 Mr. Ala Al-DinAl-Mudarris
*
Researcher andHistorian
republic of ireland
208 Mr. Noohal-Kaddo
Director, Islamic Cultural Centre of Irelands
italy
209 Mr. Yahya SergioPallavicini
Vice President, Islamic Religious Community of Italy
(CO.RE.IS.)
210 Dr. Ali AbuShwaima
Head, Islamic Centre of Milan
hashemite kingdom of jordan
211 H.M. KingAbdullahII binAl-Hussein
212 Prof. Dr. HRHPrinceGhazi binMuhammad
Personal Envoy andSpecial Advisor toHMKingAbdullah
II binAl-Hussein; Chairmanof the BoardofTrustees of
theAal al-Bayt Institute for IslamicThought
213 ShaykhIzzedineAl-KhatibAl-Tamimi
IslamicAffairsAdvisor toHMthe King; Chief Justice
214 Prof. Dr. Abdul-SalamAl-Abbadi
Former Minister of IslamicAffairs; President, Aal al-Bayt
University
215 Prof. Dr. ShaykhAhmadHlayyel
Advisor toHMthe King andImamof the Royal Court
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216 ShaykhSaidAl-Hijjawi
GrandMufti of the Hashemite Kingdomof Jordan
217 Mr. Akel Bultaji
Advisor toHMthe King
218 Prof. Dr. KhalidTouqan
Minister of Education; Minister of Higher Educationand
Scientific Research
219 H.E. ShaykhSalimFalahat
Director General of the MuslimBrotherhoodinJordan
220 H.E. ShaykhDr. AbdAl-Aziz Khayyat
Former Minister of ReligiousAffairs
221 ShaykhNuhAl-Quda
Former Mufti of the JordanianArmedForces
222 Prof. Dr. KhalidAl-Karaki
Deputy-Chairmanof the BoardofTrustees, Aal al-Bayt
Inst. for IslamicThought; President, JerashPrivate
University
223 Prof. Dr. IshaqAl-Farhan
President of Zarqa Private University;
Former Minister of Education
224 Prof. Kamil Ismail HamdanAl-Sharif
Secretary General, International Council for Islamic
PropagationandRelief
225 Dr. AbdAl-LatifArabiyyat
Former Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament;
Chairmanof the Consultative Committee of the Islamic
ActionFront
226 ShaykhAbdAl-KarimSalimS. Al-Khasawneh
GrandMufti of the JordanianArmedForces
227 Prof. Dr. Adel Al-Toweisi
*
Former President, Aal al-Bayt University; Minister of
Culture
228 Prof. Dr. YusufAl-Ghaydhan
Deanof the University Faculty of Religion, Balqa Applied
University
229 ShaykhHasanAl-Saqqaf
Advisor tothe Chairmanof the BoardofTrustees of the
Aal al-Bayt Institute for IslamicThought; Director of
ImamAl-Nawawi Publishers andDistributors
230 Eng. MarwanAl-Faouri
Chairman, Forumfor ModerationinThought andCulture
231 Mrs. Nawal Al-Faouri
Educator andIslamic Intellectual
232 Prof. Dr. AbdAl-NasirAbuAl-Basal
Former Deanof the Faculty of Islamic Law, Yarmouk
University
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233 Mr. Bilal Al-Tal
Editor-in-Chief, Liwa Newspaper
234 Prof. Dr. Azmi TahaAl-Sayyid
College of Jurisprudential andLegal Studies, Aal al-Bayt
University
235 Prof. Dr. MuhammadHishamSultan
*
Vice-President for Islamic Studies, Aal al-Bayt University
236 Prof. Dr. ZiyadAl-Daghamin
*
Deanof the College of Jurisprudential andJuridical
Studies, Headof the Preparatory Committee of the
Internal Islamic Conference
237 Dr. RashidSaidShahwan
Faculty of Islamic Propagationandthe Fundamentals of
Religion, BalqaAppliedUniversity
238 Prof. Dr. QahtanAl-Duri
*
Aal al-Bayt University
239 Prof. Dr. SharifAl-ShaykhSalihAl-Khatib
*
Aal al-Bayt University
240 Prof. Dr. AbdAl-MajidAl-Salahin
*
Deanof the College of Islamic Law, University of Jordan
241 Dr. Hayil AbdAl-Haz
242 ShaykhAbdAl-KarimAl-Akor
243 Mr. HaythamAl-Amayreh
244 Dr. MuhammadAl-Khatib
245 Mr. HatimAl-Manasir
246 Dr. MalikAl-Moumini
247 Dr. MuhammadAl-Qada
248 Dr. FayezAl-Rabi
republic of kazakhstan
249 H.E. Mr. Askar Mussinov
Ambassador inRiyadhandSpecial Envoy of the President
kenya
250 ShaykhAbdullahi Abdi
Chief Executive Officer, NorthernAid
state of kuwait
251 H.H. ShaykhSabahAl AhmadAl JaberAl Sabah
Prime Minister
252 Dr. AbdullahMatuqal-Matuq
Minister ofAwqaf andReligiousAffairs, Kuwait
253 Prof. Dr. AbdullahYusufAl-Ghoneim
Headof the Kuwaiti Centre for ResearchandStudy
254 Dr. Adel AbdullahAl-Fallah
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Undersecretary of the Ministry of ReligiousAffairs
255 Dr. MohamedAbdul GhaffarAl-Sharif
Secretary-General, Secretariat General of ReligiousAffairs
256 Dr. MuhammadAbdAllahJafarAl-Sharif
Undersecretary ofWaqf Foundation
257 Dr. KhaledMadhkourAbdallahMadhkour
Professor, Faculty of Shariah, University of Kuwait
258 Mr. MutlaqRashedAl-Qarawi
259 ShaykhDr. Ajil Jassimal-Nashami
Professor, Faculty of Shariah, University of Kuwait
260 Dr. AhmadRajai al-Jundi
Islamic Organizationfor Medical Sciences, Kuwait
kyrgyz republic
261 H.E. Mr. DastanSarygulov
Secretary of State
republic of lebanon
262 H.E. Mr. FouadSinoura
Prime Minister
263 Prof. Dr. HishamNashabeh
Chairmanof the Boardof Higher Education
Deanof Educationat MakassedAssociation
264 Al-SayyidMuhammadHusaynFadlallah fatwa
265 ShaykhMuhammadRashidQabbani
GrandMufti, Republic of Lebanon(Mufti of the Sunni
Muslims)
266 Prof. Dr. Hani Fahs
Member of the Higher Shii Council
267 ShaykhAbdullahal-Harari fatwa
Headof the Habashi Order
268 Prof. Dr. RidwanAl-Sayyid
Faculty of Humanities, Lebanese University;
Editor-in-Chief, Al-IjtihadMagazine
269 Prof. MuhammadAl-Sammak
Secretary-General of the National Council for Islamic-
ChristianDialogue; Secretary-General for the Islamic
Spiritual Summit
270 Jafari Qadi ShaykhAsadAllahAl-Harashi
Higher Islamic Shii Council
271 ShaykhKhalil Al-Mays
Mufti of ZahlehandWesternBeqa
272 ShaykhAbdAl-Emir Qublan
Deputy Headof the Higher Shii Counci
273 Prof. Dr. ZakariyyaAbdAl-RazzaqAl-Misri
*
ImamAl-Awzai University
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274 Prof. Dr. AhmadAl-Sahmarani
*
ImamAl-Awzai University
275 Dr. MuhammadAssaf
276 Dr. AsadAl-Sahmarani
277 ShaykhAbdAl-Naser Jabri
278 ShaykhJamil MuhammadHusseini fatwa
279 Mr. HasanFarhat
great socialist people
s libyan arab jamahiriya

280 H.E. Mr. Abdel RahmanMohamedShalqam
281 Prof. IbrahimAli AbuAl-QasimAl-Rabu
Secretary of the Office of Conferences, International
Islamic PropagationSociety
282 Dr. Al-Ujaili FarhatAl-Miri
Official for Dialogue inthe International Islamic Popular
Leadership
283 Dr. MuhammadAl-Ziyadi
President, International Islamic Call University
284 Prof. Dr. HamzahAbuFaris
*
Al-FatihUniversity
285 Mr. AbdAl-SalamMuhammadAl-SharifAl-Alim
*
Al-FatihUniversity
macedonia
286 Mr. Rufat Sherifi
malaysia
287 H.E. Dato Seri AbdullahbinHaji AhmadBadawi
Prime Minister
288 Dr. Anwar Ibrahim
Former Deputy Prime Minister
289 Dato Dr. Abdul HamidOthman
Minister inthe Office of the Prime Minister
290 Prof. Dr. Kamal Hasan
President, Islamic International University, Kuala Lumpur
291 Prof. Dr. MohammadHashimKamali
Deanof the International Institute of IslamicThought
andCivilisation
292 Mr. ShahidanKasem
First Minister of Perlis State, Malaysia
293 Mr. Khayri Jamal Al-Din
Deputy Chairmanfor theYouthSector, the UnitedMalays
National Organisation
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294 Dr. SalihQadir KarimAl-Zanki
*
International Islamic University
maldives
295 H.E. Mr. MaumoonAbdul Gayoom
President
296 Dr. MahmudAl-Shawqi
Minister of Education
297 ShaykhMohamedRasheedIbrahim
President of the Supreme Council for IslamicAffairs
republic of mali
298 H.E. Mr. AmadouToumani Toure
President
299 Mr. Sidi MohamedYoussouf Djire
General President of the Islamic Foundationfor
Production
islamic republic of mauritania
300 H.E. Mr. Al OuldMohamedFal
President
301 H.E. ShaykhAbdallahBinBayyah fatwa
FormerVice President of Mauritania; Vice President of the
International Unionof MuslimScholars
302 Mr. Al-Hajj WuldAl-Haji Ahmad
Advisor tothe Minister of EducationandIslamic
Guidance
303 Mr. Cheikhna BinBayyah
mauritius
304 ShaykhGhulamMuhammad
ChairmanandSecretary General of the Blue Crescent
Society
moldova
305 Mr. AbdulraheemAljabari
kingdom of morocco
306 H.M. KingMohammedVI
307 Prof. Dr. AbbasAl-Jarari
Advisor toHMthe King
308 Prof. Dr. AbdAl-Hadi BuTalib
FormerAdvisor toHMthe King
309 Amb. Al-Makki Kawan
Ambassador of the Kingdomof MoroccotoKuwait,
representing Dr. AhmadAl-Tawfiq,
Minister of ReligiousAffairs, Kingdomof Morocco
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310 Prof. Dr. Abdelhadi Al-Tazi
Fellowof the Royal MoroccanAcademy; Former
Ambassador
311 Prof. Dr. MohammadFaroukAl-Nabhan
Former Director of DarAl-HadithAl-Hasaniyya
312 Prof. Dr. AhmadShawqi Benbin
Director of the Hasaniyya Library
313 Dr. Hamdati Chbihanna Malainine
Member, Supreme Constitutional Council;
President, Regional Scientic Council, Al-Qunaitra
314 Prof. Dr. NajatAl-Marini
Department ofArabic Language, MohammedV
University
315 Dr. Abdul Filali Ansary
Director, Institute for the Study of MuslimCivilizations,
Aga KhanUniversity
316 Dr. Abdel-KabeerAl-Madghari
Former Minister ofWaqf andIslamicAffairs
317 Dr. MaryamAyatAhmad
318 Mr. MuhammadAl-Amin
319 Mr. MuhammadTullabi
320 Dr. SadAl-DinAl-Uthmani
republic of mozambique
321 H.E. Mr. ArisAli
Minister of EducationandCulture
the netherlands
322 Mr. Zakaria Hamidi
Director, NewHorizon
republic of niger
323 H.E. Mr. HamaAmadou
Prime Minister
federal republic of nigeria
324 H.E. Mr IbrahimMousa Kazawari
Ambassador inRiyadh
325 H.H. PrinceHaji AdoBayero
Emir of Kano
326 Mr. SulaymanOsho
Secretary General of the Islamic Conference forAfrica
327 Dr. AhmadLimu
Headof the Organizationof the Islamic Endowment for
EducationandGuidance
328 Dr. Al-KhidrAbdAl-Baqi Muhammad
*
Researcher andWriter
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norway
329 Mr. BrahimBelkilani
Journalist, ITRI
330 Dr. Lena Larsen
Coordinator, The OsloCoalitiononFreedomof Religion
or Belief, NorwegianCentre for HumanRights, Uni. of
Oslo
sultanate of oman
331 H.H. Al SyedAsaadbinTareqAl Said
Special Envoy of the Sultan
332 ShaykhAhmadbinHamadAl-Khalili fatwa
GrandMufti of the Sultanate of Oman
333 ShaykhAhmadbinSaudAl-Siyabi
General Secretary inthe Office of the GrandMufti
334 Dr. AbdAllahMubarakAl-Shanfari
University Professor, University of Dhofar
335 ShaykhDr. KahlanbinNahbanAl-Kharusi
*

Jurisprudential Advisor inthe Ofce for the Issuance of
Fatwas
336 Mr. AahbinAhmadAl-Khalili
*
Researcher inthe Ofce for the Issuance of Fatwas
337 AbdAl-LatifAl-Humaym
republic of pakistan
338 H.E. General Pervez Musharraf
President
339 H.E. Ambassador MuhammadAslam
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of PakistantoKuwait
representing Dr. MuhammadIjazAl-Haqq, Minister of
ReligiousAffairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
340 ShaykhMufti MuhammadTaqi Uthmani fatwa
Deputy Chairman, Islamic FiqhCouncil, Jeddah;
Vice President, Dar al-Ulum, Karachi
341 ShaykhDr. MuhammadTahir ul-Qadri
Director General, Centre for Islamic Research, Islamabad
342 Prof. Dr. Zafar IshaqAnsari
Director General, Centre for Islamic Research, Islamabad
343 Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi
Researcher andIslamic Intellectual
344 H.E. AmbassadorArif Kamal
Ambassador of the Republic of Pakistantothe Hashemite
Kingdomof Jordan
345 H.E. Prof. Dr. MahmoudAhmadGhazi
President of the Islamic University, Islamabad;
Former Minister of ReligiousAffairs, Pakistan
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state of palestine
346 H.E. Mr. AhmedQorei
Prime Minister
347 ShaykhDr. IkrimahSabri
GrandMufti of JerusalemandAll of Palestine;
Imamof the BlessedAl-Aqsa Mosque
348 ShaykhTaysir RajabAl-Tamimi
Chief Justice of Palestine
349 Dr. Mustafa MahmudYusufAbuSuway
Lecturer inthe Department of Philosophy
andIslamic Studies inAl-Quds University
350 Dr. MuhammadAli Al-Salibi
*
Al-NajahUniversity
351 Dr. MarwanAli Al-Qaddumi
*
Al-NajahUniversity
poland
352 Dr. Samir Ismail
portugal
353 Mr. Abdool MagidVakil
Chairman, BancoEfisa
354 Mr. Sohail Nakhooda
Editor-in-Chief, Islamica Magazine
qatar
355 H.E. ShaykhHamadbinJassemAl Thani
First Deputy Prime Minister andMinister of Foreign
Affairs
356 Prof. Dr. ShaykhYusufAl-Qaradawi fatwa
Director of the Sunna andSira Council; Vice President
of the International Unionof MuslimScholars
357 ShaykhThaqil binSayer ZaydAl-Shammari
Justice, Court of Cassation, Member of the Supreme
Judicial Council
358 Prof. Dr. AishaAl-Manai
Deanof the Faculty of Islamic Law, University of Qatar
359 ShaykhAbdAl-RahmanbinAbdAllahbinZaydAl
Mahmud
Member of Prominent Persons Committee,
Organizationof the Islamic Conference
360 Dr. Ali Muhyi Al-DinQaradaghi
Professor, Faculty of Shariah, University of Qatar
361 Dr. Ali AhmadAl-Salus
Professor, Faculty of Shariah, University of Qatar
362 ShaykhMohammadHaj YusufAhmad
Imam, Doha Mosque
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signatories
63
russian federation
363 ShaykhRawi AynAl-Din
Mufti; Headof the MuslimReligiousAdministration
364 Prof. Dr. SaidHibatullahKamilev
Director, MoscowInstitute of Islamic Civilisation
365 Dr. MuradMurtazein
President, Islamic University, Moscow
366 Mr. RushanAbassoof
Director of External Affairs, Dept. of Council of Muftis,
Russia
367 Mr. YakupovValiulla
Assistant tothe Chief Mufti ofTatarstan
kingdom of saudi arabia
368 H.M. KingAbdullahbinAbdel AzizAl Saud
King of Saudi Arabia; Custodianof theTwoHoly Mosques
369 Dr. AbdAl-Aziz binUthmanAl-Touaijiri
Director General, The Islamic Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization(ISESCO)
370 H.E. ShaykhAbdAllahSulaymanbinMani
Member, Council of Senior Ulama of Saudi Arabia
371 Dr. HassanbinMohamedSafar
Professor, Islamic Studies Department, Faculty of
Humanities KingAbdulaziz University, Jeddah
372 Mr. AbobakrAbdelfatah
373 ShaykhAli Baddahdah
374 Dr. SalihAl-Wuhaibi
375 ShaykhAbdAllahYahya
376 Mr. Nabil AbdAl-IlahNassif
Assistant tothe President forAssistanceAffairs
Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah
377 Dr. MuhammadJabrAl-Alfi
Professor, Higher Judiciary Institute, Department
of Comparative Jurisprudence, Riyadh
378 Dr. MuhammadbinYahya binHasanAl-Najimi
Associate Professor, King FahdDefence College
379 Dr. AhmadAbdal-AlimAbdAl-Latif
Researcher, Department of Studies, The International
Islamic FiqhAcademy, Jeddah
380 Dr. AbdAl-Qahir Qamar
Researcher, Department of Studies, The International
Islamic FiqhAcademy, Jeddah
381 Shaykhal-HabibMuhammadbinAbdurrahman
al-Saqqaf
382 Dr. MohamedAli Al-Bar
King FahdCentre for Medical Research
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signatories
65
republic of senegal
383 H.E. Mr. AbdoulayeWade
President
384 Mr. Al-Hajj Mustafa Sisi
Special Advisor tothe President of Senegal
385 Prof. AbdallahBah
President of the Unionof Volunteers inIslamic Education
andCulture
386 Prof. AbadirTiyam
University Press andPresident of the National Society,
Dakar
387 Prof. AhmadMukhtar Embo
Former Director General, UNESCO, Paris
388 Prof. RohanMbaye
Director, Islamic Institute, Dakar
republic of sierra leone
389 H.E. Alhaji Dr. AhmadTejanKabbah
President
republic of singapore
390 Dr. YaqubIbrahim
Minister of the Environment andWater Resources, and
MuslimAffairs
republic of somalia
391 H.E. Mr. AbdullahYoussefAhmed
President
republic of south africa
392 ShaykhIbrahimGabriels
Headof SouthAfricanUlama
spain
393 Mr. Mansur Escudero
SpanishIslamic Commission
394 Mr. Ali Boussaid
Islamic League for Dialogue andConviviality
republic of sudan
395 H.E. General Omar HassanAl Bashir
President
396 AbdAl-RahmanSawarAl-Dhahab
Former President of the Republic of Sudan
397 Al-ImamAl-SadiqAl-Mahdi
Former Prime Minister of Sudan, HeadofAnsar Movement
398 Dr. IsamAhmadAl-Bashir
Minister of Guidance andReligiousAffairs
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signatories
67
399 Mr. TariqAli Bakhit
Director inthe General Secretariat andHeadof Cultural
andIslamicThought Committee, Khartoum
400 Prof. Dr. Izz al-DinUmar Musa
Lecturer inthe Department of History, MalikSaud
University, Riyadh
401 Dr. MuhammadMahjubHarun
Journalist andUniversity Professor, University of Khartoum
402 Dr. AhmadAli Al-Imam
Advisor tothe Sudanese President
403 Dr. Mustafa UthmanIsmail
Former ForeignMinister of Sudan
Special Envoy of the Secretary General of theArabLeague
404 Dr. IbrahimAhmadUthman
Secretary General, Supreme Judiciary Council
405 Dr. AhmadKhaledBabacar
Secretary General of the Islamic FiqhAcademy of Sudan
sweden
406 Mr. MahmoudKhalfi Driri
switzerland
407 Prof. TariqRamadan
Islamic intellectual
syrian arab republic
408 H.E. Mr. FaroukAl-Sharaa
409 ShaykhDr. AhmadBadr Hasoun
GrandMufti of the SyrianArabRepublic
410 Prof. Dr. MuhammadSaidRamadanAl-Buti
Headof the ReligionDepartment, Faculty of Law,
University of Damascus
411 Prof. Dr. ShaykhWahba MustafaAl-Zuhayli
Headof Department of Islamic Jurisprudence andits
Schools, Islamic LawFaculty, Damascus University
412 Dr. SalahAl-DinAhmadKuftaro
Director General, ShaykhAhmadKuftaroAcademy
andIslamic Intellectual
413 Dr. MuhammadTawfiqSaidAl-Buti
Professor of Shariahat Damascus University
414 Dr. MahmudAl-Sayyid
Academic Researcher inthe Centre of Islamic Studies,
School of Oriental andAfricanStudies, University of
London
415 ShaykhAbdallahAdhami
Islamic missionary andscholar
416 Dr. MuhammadHabash
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signatories
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417 Dr. MuhammadAbdal-Latif Salehal-Farfur
Secretary General, International ScienticAcademy
418 Prof. Dr. AbdAl-SattarAbuGhuddah
President of the UnitedShariahCouncil of the Baraka
Group, Jeddah
republic of tajikistan
419 H.E. Mr. ImamAlyRahmanov
President
thailand
420 Mr. WanMuhammadNur Matha
Advisor tothe Prime Minister
421 Amb. WiboonKhusakul
Ambassador ofThailandinBaghdad
republic of togo
422 H.E. Mr. ZarifouAyva
republic of tunisia
423 Mr. MohamedAl-Ghanousi
Prime Minister
424 Prof. Dr. Al-Hadi Al-Bakkoush
Former Prime Minister ofTunisia
425 Dr. AbuBakerAl-Akhzuri
426 Prof. Dr. Ali Al-Shabi
Chairmanof the Higher Islamic Council;
Former Minister of IslamicAffairs
427 Prof. IbrahimChabbouh
Advisor tothe Higher Chairmanof theAal al-Bayt
Institute for IslamicThought; Director of theAal al-Bayt
Institute for IslamicThought
428 ShaykhDr. MohammadAl HabibibnAl Khojah
Secretary-General, Int. Islamic FiqhCouncil, Jeddah
429 Prof. Dr. MuhammadAl-BashirAl-Buzaydi
Director of the Higher Institute for the Fundamentals of
Religion, Zaytuna University
430 Mr. AhmadAl-Ujaymi
Advisor inthe Ofce of the Secretary General of the
Organizationof the Islamic Conference
431 ShaykhDr. RachidGhannouchi
Leader of Ennada
432 Prof. HabibShaybub
Writer andHistorian
433 Dr. AmirAl-Zamali
Advisor of IslamicWorldAffairs, International
Committee for the RedCross
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signatories
71
434 Dr. ShaykhMohieddineGadi
The Higher Islamic Council, Tunis
435 Dr. TaiebSalama
The Higher Islamic Council, Tunis
republic of turkey
436 H.E. Mr. BulentArinc
President of the GrandTurkishAssembly
437 Prof. Dr. EkmeleddinIhsanoglu
Secretary-General, Organisationof the Islamic
Conference
438 H.E. Prof. Dr. MehmetAydin
Minister of State, Government ofTurkey
439 Prof. Dr. Ali Bardakoglu
Headof ReligiousAffairs Directorate
440 Prof. Dr. Ali Auzak
Headof the Endowment for Islamic Scientific Studies,
Istanbul
441 Prof. Dr. Mualla Saljuq
Deanof the Faculty of Islamic Law, Ankara
442 Prof. Dr. Mustafa agrici
GrandMufti of Istanbul andProfessor of Islamic
Philosophy
443 Prof. IbrahimKafi Dnmez
Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence at the University of
Marmara
444 Dr. Ali IhsanBala
*
YzncYil University
445 Mr. UfukGken
Advisor tothe Secretary General of the OIC
446 Mr. MustafaAkyol
Writer andjournalist
447 Dr. MuhammetArui
TurkishReligious Endownment (DiyanetVakfi)
448 Prof. Dr. AkifAydin
Marmara University
449 Mr. KurtuluAykan
450 Dr. Savas Barin
451 Ms. SelinBlme
Marmara University
452 Prof. Ali Dere
ForeignAffairs Department, Presidency of Religious
Affairs, Ankara
453 Mr. Muammer Dumanli
454 Mr. Ahmet Hakan
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signatories
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455 Dr. IbrahimKalin
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, College of the Holy
Cross, USA; Director, SETAFoundation, Ankara
456 Prof. RecepKaymakcan
Assistant Professor of Religious Education, Sakarya
University
457 H.E. Ambassador Fazli Kesmir
CounsellorTurkishEmbassy andPermanent
Representative ofTurkey toFAO, Rome
458 Dr. AbdlhamidKirmizi
459 Mr. Fehmi Koru
Journalist, Yeni Safak
460 Dr. Ali Kse
Lecturer, Faculty ofTheology, Marmara University
461 Mr. Talha Kse
462 Prof. TalipKukcan
Centre for Islamic Studies, Istanbul
463 Ambassador mr Orhun
OCSEPersonal Representative onCombating
Islamophobia
464 Mr. Taha zhan
465 Prof. Mehmet Paaci
Faculty ofTheology, Ankara University
466 Mr. Ali Sarikaya
President, Islamic ConferenceYouthForumfor Dialogue
andCooperation
467 Prof. Blent Senay
Professor of Comparative Religion, Uludag University,
Bursa
468 Dr. NazifeSisman
469 Dr. Ismail Taspinar
Faculty ofTheology, Marmara University
470 Mr. Ahmet SelimTekelioglu
SETA, Anakara
471 Dr. Nuri Tinaz
Centre for Islamic Studies, Istanbul
472 Mrs. mareYazar
473 ProfessorAli MuratYel
Lecturer inSociology andAnthropology, FatihUniversity
turkmenistan
474 H.E. Mr. RashidMirdov
ukraine
475 Mufti ShaykhAhmadTamim
Mufti of Ukraine
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signatories
75
uganda
476 Mr. AnasAbdunnoor Kalissa
Director of ResearchandShariah
united arab emirates
477 H.H. ShaykhKhalifa binZayedAl Nahyan
President
478 H.H. Ambassador Nasir binAbdAllahbinHamdan
479 Mr. Ali binAl-SayyidAbdAl-RahmanAl-Hashim
Advisor tothe President for Judiciary andReligiousAffairs
480 ShaykhMuhammadAl-Banani
Judge inthe Supreme Federal Court
481 Dr. SalehbinZabinAl-Marzuqi
Secretary-General, International Islamic FiqhAcademy,
Jeddah
482 MuhammadAbdulrahimSultanAl-Ulama
Deputy-Deanof Scientific ResearchAffairs, UnitedArab
Emirates University
483 Dr. HamadbinAl-SheikhAhmadAl-Chibani
Secretary-General, Bureaufor IslamicAffairs and
CharitableWorks, Dubai
484 ShaykhMansur Etahal-Minhali
Director, IslamicAffairs andAwqaf
485 Dr. AhmadAbdul AzizAl-Haddad
Chief Mufti, Bureauof IslamicAffairs andCharitable
Works, Dubai
486 ShaykhTalibMuhammadAl-Shehi
Preacher, Ministry of Justice andIslamicAffairs
487 Dr. MahmudAhmadAbuLayl
Professor, Faculty of Shariah, Al-AinUniversity
488 Dr. KhalidSulaymanAl-Fahdawi
489 Dr. Ali MuhammadUjla
490 Dr. MuhammadAl-Zahili
Dean, Faculty of Shariah, University of Sharjah
united kingdom
491 Dr. Abbas Mahajarani
Member of the ImamAl-Khoei Benevolent Foundation
492 Dr. HassanShamsi Basha
Expert, The International Islamic FiqhAcademy, Jeddah
493 Mr. ShamsVellani
Director, Special Studies, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
494 Dr. FarhadDaftary
Associate Director, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
495 ShaykhYusuf Islam
Islamic Missionary
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signatories
77
496 Dr. FuadNahdi
Editor-in-Chief, Q-News International
497 ShaykhWanisAl-Mabrouk
*
Representative, Unionof MuslimOrganisations of UK&
EIRE
498 Mr. Sharif Banna
Co-Founder, Awakening Records;
President, Unionof MuslimStudents inthe UK
499 Mr. Sami Yusuf
Islamic singer
500 MohamedAbdul Aziz
Director, Faithwise
501 Dr. ManazirAhsan
Director, The Islamic Foundation
502 Mr. KhurshidAhmed
BritishMuslimForum(BMF)
503 Mrs. FareenaAlam
Editor, Q-News International
504 Dr. Anas Shaikh-Ali
Director, International Institute of IslamicThought,
London
505 Mr. AhmedAl-Rawi
President, Federationof Islamic Organisations inEurope
506 Mr. Ismail Amla
507 Mr. Iqbal Asaria
Finance Director, MuslimCouncil of Britain
508 Dr. MehmetAsutay
Department of Economics, DurhamUniversity
509 Mr. Yasar olak
Counsellor forTurkishReligiousAffairs inLondon
510 Mr. SaidFerjani
MuslimAssociationof Britain
511 Dr. SophieGilliat-Ray
Cardiff University
512 Mr. AbdelRahmanHelbawy
513 Mr. Dilwar Hussain
The Islamic Foundation
514 Mrs. SarahJoseph
Editor, Emel Magazine
515 Mr. Wakkas Khan
President, FOSIS
516 Mr. Mustafa Kker
Chief Editor, Haber Newspapers (Turkish)
517 Ms. Maleiha Malik
Department of Law, Kings College
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signatories
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518 Ms. Unaiza Malik
MuslimCouncil of Britain
519 Mr. AhmedSheikhMohamed
520 Dr. MohamedMukadam
Associationof MuslimSchools
521 Mr. AhmedMusawi
522 Prof. FarhanNizami
Director, OxfordCentre for Islamic Studies
523 Mr. Habibur Rahman
524 Sir Iqbal Sacranie
Former SecretaryGeneral of theMuslimCouncil of Britain
525 ShaykhHaythamTamim
Utrujj Institute
526 Mr. AhmedVersi
Editor, The MuslimNews
527 Mr. ShaukatWarraich
Community leader
528 ShaykhAbdal HakimMurad/ TimWinter
Lecturer, University of Cambridge
529 Mr. HaiderAli
Bookdistributor
united states of america
530 H.E. Prof. Dr. SeyyedHosseinNasr
Author andProfessor of Islamic Studies at the George
WashingtonUniversity
531 ShaykhHamzaYusuf Hanson
President of the Zaytuna Institute
532 ShaykhFaisal Abdur Rauf
Imamof NewYorkCity Central Mosque
533 Prof. Dr. IngridMattson
Professor of Islamic Studies, HartfordSeminary;
President of the Islamic Society of NorthAmerica (ISNA)
534 Prof. Dr. SuleimanAbdallahSchleifer
Director Emeritus of theAdhamCenter forTelevision
Journalism
535 Mr. NihadAwad
Executive Director, Council onAmerican-Islamic
Relations
536 ShaykhNuhHa MimKeller
Islamic Missionary andIntellectual;
Fellowof theAal al-Bayt Institute for IslamicThought
537 SheikhSuhaibD. Webb
Islamic Missionary
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538 Dr. Caner Dagli
Special Advisor for InterfaithAffairs, Royal Hashemite
Court of Jordan; Professor of Islamic Studies, Roanoke
College, USA
539 Prof. James Morris
Univesity of Exeter
540 Mr. RadwanAl-Masmudi
541 Prof. JosephLumbard
Former Special Assistant toH.M. KingAbdullahII for
InterfaithAffairs
republic of uzbekistan
542 H.E. Mr. Shawkat Sirdayev
Prime Minister
543 ShaykhMuhammadAl-SadiqMuhammadYusuf
GrandMufti of the Republic
544 Prof. Yusufov Ortoqbek
republic of yemen
545 H.E. General Ali AbdullahSaleh
President
546 ShaykhMuhammadbinMuhammadIsmail
Al-Mansur fatwa
547 ShaykhHumudbinAbbas al-Muayyad fatwa
548 ShaykhIbrahimbinMuhammadAl-Wazir fatwa
Secretary General of the Islamic UnificationandWorks
Movement
549 ShaykhHabibUmar binMuhammadbin
SalimbinHafiz
Principal, Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim
550 ShaykhAl-HabibAl-Jifri
Islamic Missionary andIntellectual
551 ShaykhMuhammadAbduhUmar
Head, Bureauof DirectionandGuidance, Permanent
Committee of the General Peoples Conference
552 Prof. Dr. HusaynAl-Umari
Member of the Consultative Committee, Member of the
UNESCOExecutive Committee; Professor of Modern
History, University of Sanaa
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Howdoes Islamfunction?
Islam has no central authority or church. It has been
heldtogether over thecenturies andgenerations, across
geographic, juridical and intellectual diversity, by texts
and by established, authoritative interpretations of
these textsstarting with the Holy Quran itself. Mis-
interpretation of these texts, and misunderstanding of
the methodologies of their interpretationcanhave very
dangerous consequences and can lead to an entirely dif-
ferent civilization from that of traditional orthodox
Islam.
2. What are the greatest challenges facing Islamtoday?
Islam today as a religion faces many challenges and
problems. Perhaps one of the greatest of these is misun-
derstanding and confusion about the true nature of the
religion of Islam amongst Muslims and non-Muslims
alike. This misunderstandinghas ledtoerroneous inter-
pretations of Islamic texts and thus illegitimate
religious edicts (fatwas) by people whoare intellectually
and morally unqualied to make religious edicts. Cor-
recting this situation through proper understanding of
the traditional Islamic texts in all their diversity and
complexity is thus of profound importance to the
future of IslamandMuslims.
3. What is TheAmmanMessage?
The Amman Message started as a simple but detailed
statement issuedinRamadan1425 ah/ November 2004
ce inAmman, Jordanby KingAbdullahII of Jordanand
senior Islamic scholars. It described what Islam is and
what it is not, and what actions represent it and what
actions do not. Its goal was to clarify to the modern
worldthe true nature of Islamandthe nature of true Islam. It
is a message of devotion to God, love of the neighbor,
goodwill, moderationandpeace.
4. What areTheThree Points ofTheAmmanMessage?
In order to give more religious authority to the Amman
Message and in order to tackle the root problemof mis-
interpretation in Islam, in 2005 King Abdullah II sent
the following three critical questions to 24 of the most
senior religious scholars fromall around the world rep-
resenting all the branches andschools of Islam:
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frequently asked questions
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1. Whois a Muslim?;
2. Is it permissibletodeclaresomeonean
apostate(takr)?; and
3. Whohas theright toundertakeissuing
fatwas (legal rulings)?
Based on the fatwas provided by these great scholars
(who included the Shaykh Al-Azhar; Ayatollah Sistani
and Sheikh Qaradawi), in July 2005 ce, King Abdullah
II of Jordan convened an international Islamic confer-
ence of 200 of the worlds leading Islamic scholars or
Ulama) from 50 countries. In Amman, the scholars
unanimously issued a ruling on three fundamental
issues (whichbecame knownas the Three Points of the
AmmanMessage):
1. They specically recognized the validity of all 8
Mathhabs (legal schools) of Sunni, Shia and Ibadhi
Islam; of traditional Islamic Theology (Asharism);
of Islamic Mysticism (Susm), and of true Sala
thought, andcametoaprecisedenitionof whois a
Muslim.
2. Based upon this denition they forbade takr (dec-
larations of apostasy) betweenMuslims.
3. Based upon the Mathahib they set forth the subjec-
tive and objective preconditions for the issuing of
fatwas, thereby exposing ignorant and illegitimate
edicts inthe name of Islam.
These Three Points were then unanimously adopted by
the Islamic Worlds political and temporal leaderships
at the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit
at Mecca in December 2005. And over a period of one
year fromJuly 2005 to July 2006, theThree Points were
also unanimously adopted by six other international
Islamic scholarly assemblies, culminating with the
International Islamic FiqhAcademy of Jeddah(the Islamic
Worlds leading juridical body), in July 2006. In total,
over 500leadingMuslimscholars worldwideas canbe
seen online (at www.ammanmessage.com)unani-
mously endorsed the Amman Message and its Three
Points.
5. Why is it so Important?
The signed, universal Islamic Consensus onthe Amman
Message andits Three Points is of the greatest importance
because it amounts to a historical, universal and unani-
mous religious and political consensus (ijma) of the
Ummah (nation) of Islamin our day, and a consolidation
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of traditional, orthodox Islam. The signicance of this
is: (1) that it is the rst time inover a thousandyears that
the Ummah has formally and specically come to such a
pluralistic mutual inter-recognition; (2) that such a
recognition is religiously legally binding on Muslims
since the Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon
him) said: My Ummah will not agree upon an error (Ibn
Majah, Sunan, Kitab al-Fitan, Hadith no.4085), and (3)
that it addresses one of the most critical problems fac-
ing Muslims today: lack of agreement about what
constitutes Islam, and thus lack of agreement about
whois a Muslimandwhat is truly Islamic.
6. Is the content of theAmmanMessage
something newinIslam?
No. There is nothing essentially newinthe AmmanMes-
sage, nor could there be for it to be truly authentic, for
Islam is a religion revealed by God, and therefore not
changeablebyman. TheAmmanMessage is merelya con-
crete restatement and crystallization of the common
principles of traditional, orthodox, moderate Islam
in all its traditional schools of thought and lawthe
Islamto which over the vast, overwhelming majority of
the worlds approximately 1.4billionMuslims belong.
7. What does Amman have to do withthe Message?
Nothing. The name Amman merely comes from the
fact that theMessagewas rst launchedinJordanbythe
countrys king and scholars. The Message is a universal
pan-Islamic one, as is seen in its acceptance by Muslims
authorities from every school of thought and of law in
Islam, and in its ratication by Muslims from every
country andmajor Muslimcommunity intheworld.
8. Will it resolve all of Islams problems? Will it help?
No, the Amman Message will not resolve all of Islams
problems: no religion can be without problems on the
worldly plane, especially in the modern age. The Econo-
mist (June 28th, 2007) argues that: This muchis true: any
of the Muslims who are drawn to jihadist violence, or to
strident forms of political Islam, are indifferent to, or
ignorant of, the nuances of theology; that makes them
susceptible toamateur fatwas. But as a Frenchscholar,
Olivier Roy, points out, it doesnt followthat such peo-
plewhen presented with sophisticated religious
argumentswould change their mind. In many cases,
they have a general aversiontothe idea of elaborate the-
ology.
However, what proper awareness, education and
understanding of the Amman Message and its Three
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Points, might well do, GodWilling, is prevent 99.99%of
Muslims from being inuenced by illegitimate fatwas
and sliding into takr and terrorism, as a visceral over-
reaction to poverty, injustice and mistakes in Western
foreignpolicy. After all, Godsays inthe Holy Quran:
O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for God in
equity, andlet not hatredof any people make youswerve
fromjustice. Deal justly, that is nearer to piety. Observe
your duty to God. Lo! God is Informed of what ye do.
(Al-Maidah, 5:8)
Finally, proper awareness of The Amman Message, may
also, by exposing the illegitimate opinions of radical
fundamentalists andterrorists fromthe point of viewof
true Islam, help in preventing calls in the West for hos-
tility against Muslims as such. As George Yeo, the
Foreign Minister of Singapore, declared in the 60th
Session of the U.N. General Assembly (about the
Amman Message): Without this clarication, the war
against terrorism would be much harder to ght. It
thus may help to prevent a wider conict between the
over 55% of the worlds population: approximately 2.1
billionChristians and1.4billionMuslims
9. What couldit meanfor Islams relations with
non-Muslims?
The Amman Message Initiative is good news not only for
Muslims, for whom it provides a basis for unity and a
solutionto inghting, but also for all non-Muslims. For,
in safeguarding of the basic principles, texts and legal
methodologies of Islam, theAmman Message necessarily
means inherently preserving traditional Islams internal
checks and balances. It thus assures balanced Islamic
solutions for essential issues likehumanrights; womens
rights; freedom of religion; legitimate jihad; good citi-
zenship of Muslims in non-Muslim countries, and just
and democratic government, all key issues that are
essential toworldpeace andharmony.
10. What is the next step?
In order that Amman Message not remain merely a his-
torical agreement on basic principles, various steps
are being taken to introduce it through pragmatic and
institutional means, such as: (1) inter-Islamic treaties;
(2) national and international legislation using the
Three Points of the Amman Message to dene Islam
andforbidtakr; (3) the use of publishing andthe multi-
media in all their aspects to spread the Amman
Message; (4) instituting the teaching of the Amman
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Message in school curricula and university courses
worldwide; and (5) making it part of the training of
mosque Imams andmaking it includedintheir sermons.
11. What canyoudo?
Whoever you are, and wherever you live, you can
help by adding your voice to this unique and historic
international Islamic consensus. Please visit www.
ammanmessage.com, where you can read more about
the Amman Message and nd many useful documents
and links. Under the button saying: Click here to endorse
theAmmanMessage (or ontheautomaticpop-up) youcan
addyour name tothe list of people worldwide whohave
endorsed and supported the three points. Your under-
standing of the Amman Message is in itself important
goal. Your endorsement of the Amman Message is one
way tocontribute towards peace inthe world.
hrh prince ghazi bin muhammad
Chairmanof theAmmanMessage Committee
July 22nd, 2007.
Andpraise be to God, the Lordof the worlds
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