Fatwa against Bin Laden
One year ago Spain was shocked by the attacks on trains in which many innocent people were killed. Today is an official day of mourning and Spanish Muslim leaders have announced they would issue a fatwa against al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. I haven’t seen it myself but some excerpts from the message can be found here:
The fatwa said that, according to the Koran, “the terrorist acts of Osama bin Laden and his organisation al-Qaeda… are totally banned and must be roundly condemned as part of Islam�.
And indeed, a fatwa is not a death sentence or a call to kill some one. It is a religious advice and not all of them have the same status.