If the implications of this weren't so serious, I'd almost be in stitches here. Muslim youth are now turning to internet resolution to their "religious" questions as many hard line clerics either have been silenced or are in hiding after feeling the security crunch.
And what is now happening, is these youth are getting their "instructions" from unknown places abroad. From only you know who knows who.
Authorities are fearing that radical islamic websites are capitalizing on this opportunity to recruit jihadists as well as spread their terror more easily worldwide.
And here I thought it was against the Qu'ran to be on the computer! :smile:
Imagine it now...turning on the computer, connecting to the internet and instead of hearing "You've Got Mail!"....you hear...."You've Got Fatwa!"
Here's the full story from the Australian.
And what is now happening, is these youth are getting their "instructions" from unknown places abroad. From only you know who knows who.
Authorities are fearing that radical islamic websites are capitalizing on this opportunity to recruit jihadists as well as spread their terror more easily worldwide.
And here I thought it was against the Qu'ran to be on the computer! :smile:
Imagine it now...turning on the computer, connecting to the internet and instead of hearing "You've Got Mail!"....you hear...."You've Got Fatwa!"
Here's the full story from the Australian.
Muslim youth 'shop around for fatwas online'
YOUNG Muslims are increasingly turning to the internet to get religious advice on jihad as national security agencies crack down on local hardline clerics.
With counter-terrorism agencies keeping a close eye on radical imams, moderate leaders fear impressionable young followers are seeking religious orders from other sources.
The concern centres on overseas-based websites issuing personal fatwas -- religious decrees -- on jihad or fighting in the name of Islam.
Senior Islamic leader Ameer Ali warned that it was difficult to ascertain the qualifications and identity of the clerics issuing the dangerous rulings.
The Australian Federal Police is investigating Somali community figures accused of encouraging young men to return to their war-torn homeland and fight alongside Islamic jihadists.
Dr Ali said young Muslims who embraced the information age and turned to the internet for answers to their religious questions were at risk of being captured by radical Islamist websites.
There were thousands of websites issuing fatwas by email that undermined the traditional form of obtaining religious rulings from a local mufti or cleric, he said.
The nation's most prominent female Muslim advocate, Aziza Abdel-Halim, said online fatwas were risky because they failed to provide people with information that reflected the society they lived in.
"That's very dangerous, because you cannot really ask for a fatwa from someone who has no idea about your society," she said.
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