The Fatwa issued by Darul Uloom is most definitely welcome but the trouble is : will the likes of Laden, Mollah Omar and Awman Al Jahuri listen and act upon it. Islam has been most unfortunate in its interpretation down the ages . The good Ayats of Qoran stand abrogated while the violent and harmful ones, issued in specific contexts predominate. The leaders of the community should undetake a reform programme and give positive and humane interpretatiion to the messages recorded in Qoran and Hadis for one must remember that Qoran is the text and Hadis is the context. Moreover , the spirit of the law comes out only through interpretation and the letters of the law is not enough to put across any message.
