Senior Russia Muslims Issued Verdict Against ISIL
KABUL: (Middle East Press) A group of Russian Muslim has issued a religious verdict against the ISIL Takfiri militants, condemning the terrorists as “enemies of Islam” and calling for all of its members to be punished as criminals.
The verdict has been posted on its website on Tuesday by The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia, saying all actions by the ISIL have shown and proved to deny Islam.
“The followers of ISIS (ISIL) are mistakenly interpreting Islam as the religion of brutality and cruelty, of violence, torture and killings of all discontent,” the decree read.
The verdict called for the punishment of all ISIL terrorists, saying that “from the point of view of the Muslim canon the members of such criminal groups deserve either capital punishment or full lifelong isolation from the society.”
The Muslim leaders added that, in reality, the basic principles of Islam forbid the killing of civilians, prisoners and envoys, which also include journalists and workers of humanitarian missions.
The Muslim leaders emphasized, however, that before being punished, every suspect must first be convicted by a court that would fully eliminate any potential doubts about his or her involvement in violence, robberies and killings.
The verdict highlighted that ISIL’s aim to create a so-called caliphate could be considered as mutiny as such a move can only be created by the approval of all Muslim communities.
