Jihadist Cleric Says Sabotaging Western Economies a Religious Duty for Muslims

A prominent online Jihadist cleric has officially decreed in a “fatwa” — a statement laying out an official religious duty — that it is the duty of all Muslims to join in on riots against ‘“Crusader states” such as those in the U.K. as a means of waging Jihad.

SITE Intelligence* reported on the fatwa found on the Jihadist website of cleric Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, called “The Pulpit of Tawhid and Jihad.”

The fatwa was posted on Abu Muhammad’s website on August 16, 2011, and was passed around to other jihadist forums on Tuesday.

In the question and answer section of Abu Muhammad’s website, an unknown individual requested guidance from the website’s Shariah Committee regarding participation in the U.K. riots as a means to damage enemy states.

SITE captured the response from cleric Abu Mundhir al-Shanqiti as follows:

“Every Muslim should participate and contribute in sabotaging the economies of the Crusader states, whether this is through economic boycott or by targeting their property with vandalism and arson.”

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