New York, 18 November 2014 Mr. President (as in U.N. President Ban Ki-moon) I am delighted to return to the Security Council in my new role as and I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Council on the situation in Iraq. Mr. President, It is forbidden in Islam to oversimplify Shari’ah matters and ignore established Islamic sciences. It is forbidden in Islam to ignore the reality of contemporary times when deriving legal rulings. It is forbidden in Islam to kill the innocent. It is forbidden in Islam to kill emissaries, ambassadors and diplomats, hence it is forbidden to kill journalists and aid workers. It is forbidden in Islam to harm or mistreat – in any way – Christians or any ‘People of the Scripture.’ It is obligatory to consider the Yazidis as ‘People of the Scripture’. The re-introduction of slavery is forbidden in Islam. It was abolished by universal consensus. It is forbidden in Islam to force people to convert. It is forbidden in Islam to deny women their rights. It is forbidden in Islam to deny children their rights. It is forbidden in Islam to torture people. It is forbidden in Islam to disfigure the dead. And, it is forbidden in Islam to declare a caliphate without consensus from all Muslims. These are among the points in a letter authored by 126 Muslim scholars drawn from all parts of the world which they addressed to abu Baqr al Baghdadi two months ago. I will return to the letter shortly. - See more at: ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15308&LangID=E#sthash.NX0uUKps.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:13:41 +0000
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