| Sectarian Violence in
Iraq
The Muslim Women's League condemns any
and all types of violence against innocent human lives including that of
believers against believers. The recent increase in sectarian violence
violates the basic Quranic principles of the sanctity of life. The
believer in God is held to a higher moral standard and encouraged to do
his/her utmost to enjoin peace and do good in addition to the religious
injunctions of prayer, fasting, charity and pilgrimage. In the Quran,
God reveals: The believers both men and women are in charge of (and
responsible for) one another: they (all) enjoin the doing of what is
right and forbid the doing of what is wrong......." (9:71)
In addition, there is grievous penalty for the shedding of blood as God
reveals, "But whoever kills deliberately another believer, his/her
requital shall be hell, therein to abide, and God will condemn him/her
and will reject him/her and will ready for him/her an awesome
suffering." (5:32)
March 12, 2006 |
