\n\"The sabotage done by some Muslims in some [Arab] capitals in response to the offensive cartoons is unacceptable and should be denounced,\" Qaradawi, who heads the Dublin-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) told Al-Jazeera\u2019s Shari`ah and Life program.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\"We never call on people to set fire to cars, but to express their anger in a prudent manner to head off serious consequences,\" said the prominent scholar.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\"True that Islam has been the subject of attacks recently, but Muslims should not reciprocate.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Wish he\u2019d framed it a bit more universally, as simply a question of ethics. <\/p>\n
One could read this as him saying that what\u2019s wrong with these attacks is the fact that they caused \"serious consequences\" for Muslims, as opposed to their lawlessness, violence and immorality.\u00a0 Such an instrumentalistic and relativistic approach to ethics is a widespread malaise among Islamists, especially concerning non-Muslims.<\/p>\n
But perhaps this is a misleading translation or out-of-context reading.\u00a0 Anyone know?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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