Muslim Brotherhood fatwa calling for jihad should concern all Jews

The German–Israeli Society, Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft, is alarmed:

In a fatwa,  the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) declared armed struggle against Israel an individual duty (farḍ al-ʿayn) for every Muslim. 

The publication of this fatwa in early April has immediate implications for the security situation in Germany: It obligates every capable Muslim to wage jihad against Israel, the Jewish and democratic state (in Islamist parlance, "the Zionist entity"). The German-Israeli Society (DIG) is alarmed.

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has relationships with well over a thousand mosques in Germany that include its doctrinal authority. Given the call to terror contained in this fatwa, this poses an immediate threat to internal security in Germany .

German politicians (i.e., all federal and state governments) must demand that all Islamic associations in Germany , especially DITIB, the German Muslim Community (DMG), the Islamic Community Millî Görüş eV (IGMG), its Islamic Council, and the Central Council of Muslims , condemn this fatwa as un-Islamic. (All of these organizations have had positive relations with the IUMS in the past.)  

Organizations that do not publicly condemn this fatwa pose a threat to public security . Such associations, by refusing to do so, are directly opposing the idea of ​​international understanding (Article 9, Paragraph 2 of the Basic Law).

The draft coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD emphasizes the fight against Islamism. Now the Federal Minister of the Interior must act in this spirit and take the first steps.

This applies to every Western nation, not just Germany. 

The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) and the Islamic Circle of North America have unofficial ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and the IUMS. They issued statements mourning the IUMS' previous leader, Yusuf Qaradawi, who was pro-terror and antisemitic. 

It isn't a stretch that Islamists in the West will interpret the fatwa as applying to all Zionists, to all Jewish institutions and to all Jews worldwide. The IUMS site has blatantly antisemitic content, like an article describing 13 awful attributes of Jews ("Anyone who follows the history of the Jews will see the ugly actions and vile morals that characterize these people") and many articles that deny Jewish history. In short, the IUMS incites terror. 

The IUMS is considered a terrorist organization in  Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.

(h/t Daniel)

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