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Muslim scholars: Terrorists not martyrs 

WASHINGTON, D.C. --  American Muslim scholars on Thursday carried out their plan to issue an edict condemning religious extremism and calling terrorists "criminals, not `martyrs.'" 

The 18-member Fiqh Council of North America said Muslims were barred from helping "any individual or group that is involved in any act of terrorism or violence." 

"There is no justification in Islam for extremism or terrorism," the scholars wrote in the edict, called a fatwa. "Targeting civilians' life and property through suicide bombings or any other method of attack is haram--or forbidden." 

The fatwa states that Muslims are obligated to help "protect the lives of all civilians." 

Islam has no central authority, and the council serves an advisory role for U.S. Muslims (Chicago Tribune, July 29, 2005)