The federal government is cancelling the contracts of non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons. An imam, Zia Khan, doesn\u2019t like this much; in fact, he dislikes it so much (nothing to do with the money, I\u2019m sure) that he has declared it a fatwa against \u2013 he doesn\u2019t actually say, but Islam, presumably.<\/p>\n
The only problem is, \u2018fatwa\u2019 means \u2018a ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority.\u2019 So by declaring this a fatwa, the imam is recognising at as a legitimate ruling of sharia law. Why is he complaining, then? He is complaining because he is using \u2018fatwa\u2019 in a more westernised colloquial sense of issuing a death sentence against someone.<\/p>\n
Clearly, Zia Khan needs to go back to imam school for re-education – before he goes too far towards a wrong end.<\/em><\/p>\n From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n Zia Khan is an imam and the director of the Centre for Islamic Development in Halifax.<\/p>\n He has visited about 70 inmates over the past two years; until the word came last week that their contracts will not be renewed.<\/p>\n “Last time we went, we said, ‘See you in the beginning of October,’ and all of a sudden, this fatwa, if you would call it, came down from the mountain,” he said.<\/p>\n “It’s an egregious violation of the charter, and I think people need to stand up and really say something because I think the country is starting towards a wrong end.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The federal government is cancelling the contracts of non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons. An imam, Zia Khan, doesn\u2019t like this much; in fact, he dislikes it so much (nothing to do with the money, I\u2019m sure) that he has declared … Continue reading