Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar: Difference between revisions

Musliyar was the first to issue a [[fatwa]] against ISIS.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Wasserstein| first=David J.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDYuDwAAQBAJ&q=%22fatwa%22&pg=PA204| title=Black Banners of ISIS: The Roots of the New Caliphate| date=22 August 2017| publisher=Yale University Press| isbn=978-0-300-23143-4| language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/india/fight-terror-with-education| title=Fight terror with education| last=Kumar| first=Ashwani| date=| website=Khaleej Times| language=en| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901122634/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/india/fight-terror-with-education| archive-date=1 September 2019| access-date=15 February 2020| quote=Education is the most powerful weapon in the fight against terrorism and also the best medicine against all social ills, feels Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed, religious Muslim leader in India who is also the first scholar to issue a fatwa against the terror group [[Daesh]].}}</ref>  Musliyar issued his ''Fatwa on ISIS'' on 27 August 2014 CE.  This is the first [[fatwa]]—a nonbinding legal opinion in [[Islamic law]]—issued against [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] according to Ashwani Kumar writing in ''[[Khaleej Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/muslim-cleric-in-kerala-issues-fatwa-against-isis/article6365856.ece| title=Muslim Cleric in Kerala Issues Fatwa Against ISIS| date=2014-08-31| work=The Hindu| access-date=2020-02-15| others=PTI| language=en-IN| issn=0971-751X| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215091055/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/muslim-cleric-in-kerala-issues-fatwa-against-isis/article6365856.ece| archive-date=15 February 2020| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Muslim-cleric-in-Kerala-issues-fatwa-against-ISIS-jihadists-sell-several-dozens-of-Yazidi-women/articleshow/41281217.cms| title=Muslim Cleric in Kerala Issues Fatwa Against ISIS...|last1=30 Aug| first1=PTI {{!}} Updated| last2=2014| website=The Times of India| language=en| access-date=15 February 2020| last3=Ist| first3=22:38| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230082222/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Muslim-cleric-in-Kerala-issues-fatwa-against-ISIS-jihadists-sell-several-dozens-of-Yazidi-women/articleshow/41281217.cms| archive-date=30 December 2015| url-status=live}}</ref>  The document, a copy of which is held in the [[National Archives (UAE)|United Arab Emirates National Archives]], was a commission to all [[India]]n [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] Jamiyyathul [[Ulama]] to raise awareness against terrorism.  At the time of the fatwa, Abubakr did not hold the title of [[Grand Mufti]] since his election to the office came on 24 February 2019.  He has also issued fatwas a second time against ISIS<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.arabnews.com/world/news/622616| title=Ruthless Activities of IS 'Against Islamic Principles'| date=30 August 2014| website=Arab News| language=en| access-date=15 February 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402004615/http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/622616| archive-date=2 April 2019| url-status=live}}</ref> and against other [[List of designated terrorist groups| terrorist groups]].<ref>{{Cite news | author=Staff Reporter| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-calls-is-enemy-of-islam/article6949883.ece| title=Kanthapuram calls IS enemy of Islam| date=2 March 2015| work=The Hindu| access-date=15 February 2020| language=en-IN| issn=0971-751X| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215072629/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-calls-is-enemy-of-islam/article6949883.ece| archive-date=15 February 2020| url-status=live}}</ref>