Muslim Brotherhood's Grand Mufti of Libya: Sharia Law Permits Suicide Bombings

Source: cnsnews

May 1 2020

By Michael Chapman

In a recent broadcast on Al-Tanasuh TV (Libya), Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani, who is regarded as the Muslim Brotherhood's Grand Mufti of Libya, said that sharia law permits suicide bombings if it causes "great harm to the enemy" and "crushing losses to the enemy."

As recorded and translated by MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute, Al-Ghariani said on April 15, "If detonating oneself while carrying out a fedaai operation rattles the enemy and brings upon it a crushing defeat, then it is allowed by shari'a law."

"Many of the Prophet Muhammad's companions threw themselves from walls," he said. "They sacrificed themselves and died in order to breach the enemy's ranks."

Al-Ghariani continued, "If a person is certain that this act will cause great harm to the enemy, that it will bring defeat upon it, that it will have great impact upon it, and that this attack will reverberate and cause crushing losses to the enemy, then it is allowed by shari'a law, in light of what some of Prophet Muhammad's companions did.

"However, it is not allowed in order to simply kill oneself," he added.

Sharia is the law that governs Islam.