Mohammen Tahir ul-Qadri has come up with a fatwa that he says refutes the points made by the likes of Al'Qaeda while declaring that suicide bombing and terrorism is explicitly forbidden by Islam.
Dr Qadri spoke for more than hour to an audience of Muslims, clergy, MPs, police officers and other security officials.
"They [terrorists] can't claim that their suicide bombings are martyrdom operations and that they become the heroes of the Muslim Umma [global brotherhood]. No, they become heroes of hellfire, and they are leading towards hellfire," he said.
"There is no place for any martyrdom and their act is never, ever to be considered jihad."
It won't do a damn thing to the hardcore nuts getting ready in training camps, but this should open debate on how Islam should be perceived and followed. And the fatwa sure doesn't sound like it's condoning suicide bombing either.
