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Home English Israeli Government Points of View

PRONOUNCEMENTS BY MOSLEM RELIGIOUS LEADERS DEFENDING SUICIDE ATTACKS

31 augustus 1997
in Israeli Government Points of View
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Compiled by the Israel Foreign Ministry – September 1997

 

  1. A trend of growing extremism has been observed in remarks by Moslem
    religious leaders regarding Israel and Judaism in recent months –
    specifically, in remarks justifying suicide attacks.
  2. These pronouncements express attitudes current in rather wide sectors
    of the Arab public and threaten to become a sweeping phenomenon – attacks
    will be called for not just out of political need, but will receive
    religious support and legitimization.
  3. Because suicide is prohibited in Islam as it is in Judaism, religious
    leaders do not use the term “suicide,” but “martyrdom” (“shahid”). Sheikh
    Al Azhar – Muhammad Sa’ad Tantawi (one of the leading religious
    authorities in the Moslem world) makes this distinction clearly: “One who
    blows himself up among enemies, in order to defend his land, is considered
    a martyr.” (Egyptian newspaper “Alwafd” 27/4/96). In “Al Aharam” (9/4/96)
    Tantawi differentiates between acts of self-sacrifice, as when someone
    blows himself up in a crowd of people, which is permitted as long as it is
    directed against enemies who have adopted a terrorist and inhumane regime,
    and between the prohibited act, i.e. when it is directed against
    civilians, children, or innocent, unarmed people, who did not lift a
    weapon or behave with violence or terrorism.
  4. In a meeting with students at the University of Alexandria (3/8/97),
    Tantawi explained that given the oppression which the Palestinians suffer,
    he has no alternative “but to tell our Palestinian brothers: ‘Defend
    yourselves, your rights, your land and your dignity. Defend these by the
    means that Islam and the teachings of morality approve, without weapons or
    aggression.'” He stressed that the monotheistic religions do not permit
    the murder of children, old people or the helpless. In his opinion those
    who carry out suicide attacks are in a “situation of self-defense against
    their attacker and therefore do not regard him as an old person, child or
    woman.” In response to a question about the verdict of the Sharia (the
    Moslem law code) on someone who blows himself up, he said: “To those who
    say that this is prohibited (“haram”), you must first ask what motivated
    the act, and why the youth are compelled to sacrifice themselves. What can
    we expect from the Palestinians when the Prime Minister repeats, every
    morning and evening, that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel, when
    this statement contradicts logic, religion and the law? Oppression gives
    birth to the attack (literally “explosion”) and a person on whom the
    oppression weighs is liable to sacrifice himself: for those with dignity
    prefer death to a life of submission.”
  5. From here Tantawi derives his final ruling: “Since the Jews cause us
    evil, we must fight them courageously. If I die in defense of my religion,
    my land and my property, I am a Shahid.” (Tantawi, “Al Hayat” 6/11/96)
  6. Therefore, “the youth of the Islamic resistance who blow themselves up
    in order to cause casualties, are considered the greatest of those who
    die, because they die as martyrs.” (Tantawi in the Egyptian “Al Sha’ab”
    30/4/96)
  7. To the request of Israeli rabbis that the Sheikh Al Azhar approach
    Moslem religious leaders asking them to intervene to stop the attacks in
    Israel’s city centers; and to the accusations of Israelis that Moslem
    religious figures in Egypt encourage Palestinians in the use of
    inflammatory slogans and incite to violence which could escalate into a
    religious war, he said: “When the land is taken by force and oppression
    prevails, anger spreads and attacks occur in self-defense. When Jewish
    religious figures incite to oppression – should I stand silent?” (“Al
    Hayat” 4/8/97)
  8. According to the members of the “Islamic Action Front” in the Jordanian
    parliament as well as several Islamic religious scholars, “the Jews
    occupying today the entire land of Palestine are infidels, enemies,
    fighters and thieves who robbed the entire land of Palestine, including
    Jerusalem, and built on it their predatory entity.” (Radio Al-Quds
    26/3/96) “Therefore it makes no difference whether they are soldiers,
    civilians, men or women, or to which party they belong. The Jews are a
    foreign implant in Palestine who arrived there on the basis of the
    ‘Promised Land’ ideology and they have no alternative but to destroy the
    Al-Aqsa mosque and build the temple in its place, and to conquer the land
    of the Moslems from the Nile to the Euphrates. According to religious law,
    it is our duty to kill these Jews, to rout them from Palestine and to
    imprison their supporters. Islam rules that one must fight the attacking
    invader, even unto his death, whether he is a soldier or a civilian…
    ‘Estishad’ (suicide attack) is in accordance with Moslem law, and jihad
    qualifies him for the reward of jihad warriors.According to the Moslem teachers, when a person carries out a heroic act
    of ‘estishad’, he is welcomed by God, according to religious law. A jihad
    warrior who wishes to die as a martyr to Allah presents himself as a
    ‘shahid’ and thus merits the status of ‘shahid’. These people never
    despair of Allah’s mercy and are not afraid of death. They face all
    vicissitudes filled with faith and the belief in Allah. Islamic law
    encourages such acts of ‘estishad’.” (Radio Al-Quds, 26/3/96).
  9. An essay by Fahad Rimawi, editor of the Jordanian opposition weekly,
    “Almajd” 4/8/97, following the attack in Mahane Yehuda: “We praise and
    glorify the double heroic act which two Palestinian ‘mujahadins’ performed
    in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. These two holy martyrs
    illuminated the night in Jerusalem, protested the pain of the building in
    Jabul Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) and gave meaning to Arab heroism. We do not
    hide our happiness upon this act, and our happiness at the misfortune of
    Netanyahu, who did not succeed in providing the security he promised his
    people. We do not hide our desire to present this act as a gift to
    Madeleine Albright, who allowed the Likud government to force all its
    conditions on the Arabs and Palestinians. Hamas are the only ones able to
    say ‘no’ in the age of ‘yes,’ and to wave their sword before the Likud and
    before the Labor Party. Hamas has the ability to stop the peace process or
    to let it progress, to kill hundreds of Jews or to let them continue to
    live. Hamas is the only one that holds in its hand the option of struggle
    or freedom of movement. Who among us, Arabs and Moslems, did not long for
    an act like the heroic act that was committed in the Mahane Yehuda market?
    Who among us did not want to watch the spilling of foul Jewish blood, when
    they saw how soldiers kill the children of Hebron and how the Prophet is
    depicted as a pig? We welcome the Mahane Yehuda operation as well as the
    jihad and ‘estishad’ (suicide bombings) that will follow it, nor will we
    apologize for the spilled Zionist blood nor condemn the heroic deeds of
    the ‘mujahadin’, which represent the spirit of the people.”
  10. The Syrian Mufti Kaftaro (in an interview to “A-rai Ala’am” 31/7/97):
    “The Palestinians, in their war against the Israeli enemy, practice
    various methods such as guerilla warfare and direct confrontation
    including ‘feda’ai’ (terrorist operations) and acts of sacrifice. There is
    a question whether Islam permits suicide acts when the Moslem blows
    himself up in the midst of his enemies and whether there have been such
    events in Islamic history. The prophet Mohammed ruled that death in battle
    is not suicide and the friends of Mohammed would pray a prayer of
    self-sacrifice before embarking on jihad in order to prepare themselves to
    fall in battle. The ‘feda’ai’ acts are considered acts of falling in
    battle, which are legitimate in Islam because they are carried out in the
    name of Allah and in order to drive the heavy oppression from our land.
    Several religious authorities have discussed this matter and have reached
    the conclusion that this is a legitimate act in Islam.”
  11. The general secretary of the Hizbullah, Hasan Nassrallah, in a speech
    to the “Assembly for Protecting the Sanctity of Islam” in Beirut: “If the
    Palestinian people wants to remind the world of its plight, it should
    change just one thing: the bodies of Israeli men and women should again be
    torn apart and scattered in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The way to restore
    Palestine to the memory of the nations and states is to return to the
    option of jihad and suicide for Allah’s sake: ‘Estishad’, as warriors of
    Islam and the Palestinians have done in years past.”In an interview on “Almanar” television (29/8), Nassrallah stated on the
    same topic: “We retain the option of suicide acts. These must occur when
    we have a goal that cannot be achieved except by this method.”Nassrallah, following the attack on the pedestrian mall in Jerusalem, said
    on 4.9.97 (Nur Radio, 5/9): “Blessings to the martyrs who performed their
    suicide act yesterday in the heart of occupied Jerusalem, which shook the
    enemy, aroused the concern of the satans in the world and once again
    proved that our nation possesses life, determination and will, which give
    us the ability to continue and cause our enemy repeated defeats.”
  12. Iran: the senior Ayatollah, Ayatollah Uzmaa Fadi Lankrani said: “The
    aggression of the oppressive Zionists, especially in light of their recent
    activities in southern Lebanon, exposes their vision of spreading Zionism
    over Moslem lands from the Nile to the Euphrates. It is the duty of
    Moslems in occupied Palestine and Lebanon, and all Moslems, to carry out
    jihad actions in every possible way. There should be no barriers to their
    activity.” (“Jumhuryal Islam” 20/4/96).
  13. The senior ayatollah Yusuf Sani’i (a member of the “Council of
    Experts”, as well as the council for determining the interests of the
    regime, and the head of the fund who offered a reward for killing Salman
    Rushdie):”There is no doubt that such activities are considered ‘just’ or ‘good’,
    and not burdensome or hateful. It is the duty of all Moslems to perform
    jihad, and to persevere in the struggle in any way possible. All religious
    persons and Islamic leaders must encourage and teach the value of the deed
    of suicide. We ask God to illuminate all Moslems and to seat all the
    fallen in the first row, particularly the most courageous martyrs who were
    killed in suicide actions.” (“Jumhuryal Islam” 20/4/96).
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