Fatwa of Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad on ISIS

The Fatwa of Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad on ISIS is a fatwa, nonbinding legal opinion as per the Islamic law, issued by Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, the current Grand Mufti of India. This is the first fatwa issued against ISIS According to Ashwani Kumar writing in Khaleej Times.[1][2][3][4]

Fatwa of Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad on ISIS
Presented(2017 CE)
LocationNational Archives of Australia, Malaysia and UAE
Commissioned byAll India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama
Author(s)Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad
SignatoriesSheikh Abubakr Ahmad
Media typePDF format
PurposeAwareness against terrorism

Sheikh Abubakr is currently Grand Mufti of India.[5] At the time of the fatwa, he was not elected as Grand Mufti. He is elected as Grand Mufti on the 2019 February. He also issued a fatwa one more time against ISIS[6] and other terrorist groups many times.[7]

See also
  • Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad

References
  1. Kumar, Ashwani. "Fight terror with education". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020. 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.
  2. "Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against ISIS". The Hindu. PTI. 31 August 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. 30 Aug, PTI | Updated; 2014; Ist, 22:38. "Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against ISIS; jihadists sell several dozens of Yazidi women | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Wasserstein, David J. (22 August 2017). Black Banners of ISIS: The Roots of the New Caliphate. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-23143-4.
  5. Feb 27, tnn |; 2019; Ist, 04:54. "Kanthapuram selected Grand Mufti of India | Kozhikode News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Ruthless activities of IS 'against Islamic principles'". Arab News. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. Reporter, Staff (2 March 2015). "Kanthapuram calls IS enemy of Islam". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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