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The Egyptian Fatwa Council Dar-ul-ift called on Muslims and the media not to call Al-Qaeda's Islamic State of Jihadists
The Egyptian Fatwa Council Dar-ul-ift called on Muslims of the whole world and the non-Arab media did not call the jihadists who control large territories in Iraq and in Syria, the Islamic State.
The Dar-ul-ift advice, which is the most influential institution in the field of Islam in Egypt and one of the most significant Islamic centers in the world, suggests calling this group "Al-Qaeda separatists" in Iraq and Syria.
According to representatives of the Council, they want to correct the image of Islam, which was undermined by the actions of the jihadists, BBC reports.
Recall that in 2011, the Egyptian Fatwa Council Dar-ul-ift received a special international award in Switzerland for a role in improving the image of Islam in the media, especially in the West.
This time, Dar-ul-ift has already begun active advance on the Internet of traditional Muslim values with comments on Islamic scientists on this issue. In addition, as part of the campaign, it is planned to actively promote the hashtag of the campaign on Twitter with videos, in which Muslims condemn the actions of the Islamic State militants, The Guardian reports.
The Supreme Mufti of Egypt, Shauki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allah, also previously made a statement in which he called the actions of extremists acting in Iraq and Syria, violating all the laws and principles of Islam. In his opinion, their actions are in danger of the integrity of this religion. He also called on foreign media not to use the term "Islamic state" in cases where it is about terrorists.
And the Supreme Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdel Aziz Ben Abdalla al-Sheikh called the al-Qaida jihadists “ enemies of Islam N1 ” and essentially declared them wrong. He stated that it was Muslims who became the main victims of this extremism.
As RIA Novosti recalls, the Islamic State group arose and acted mainly on the territory of Syria, where she fought against government forces and acquired the "glory" of one of the most cruel groups. However, a few months ago, IS sharply activated its activities in Iraq and seized vast territories in the country. At the end of June, the group announced the creation of the Islamic Caliphate in the territories controlled by it in Iraq and Syria. Thousands of "Gentiles" - Shiites, Christians, Yezidov have already died at the hands of IS militants. In August, the United States began to apply air strikes on IG positions, saying that they were doing this to protect the Sinjar-Sezids from the Genocide from the militants who had covered themselves on the mountain. The second goal of the operation is to protect the city of Erbil and the American consulate there.