Joker@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoIslamic scholar’s ‘fatwa’ criticising October 7 attack echoes growing unhappiness in Gaza towards Hamastheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkIslamic scholar’s ‘fatwa’ criticising October 7 attack echoes growing unhappiness in Gaza towards Hamastheconversation.comJoker@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·6 days agoAlways helps to read further down the article: As a Salafi, Dayah is part of the larger Sunni tradition. One explanation for his fatwa might be that he is attempting to reaffirm Sunnism or Salafism within Gaza, by dividing its citizens on their support for Hamas and its ties to Shia-ruled Iran
minus-squareBadmanDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·6 days agoWill never work. The Middle East is always a Warzone.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 days agoBut more importantly, this fatwa is self-serving and really isn’t about October 7th from the sound of things.
Always helps to read further down the article:
Will never work. The Middle East is always a Warzone.
But more importantly, this fatwa is self-serving and really isn’t about October 7th from the sound of things.