Abu Basir al-Tartusi
Abu Basir al-Tartusi الشيخ أبو بصير الطرطوسي | |
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| Born | Abd-al Mun'em Mustafa Halima Syrian citizen |
Abu Basir al-Tartusi is the assumed name of Abd-al Mun'em Mustafa Halima, a
Abu Basir was born in the Syrian city of
Abu Basir leveled harsh criticism against the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Two days after the bombing he published a fatwa on his website that protested the killing of British civilians as a “disgraceful and shameful act, with no manhood, bravery, or morality. We cannot approve it nor accept it, and it is denied islamically and politically.” Abu Basir’s fatwa drew angry responses in Jihadi forums, which led him to publish another online declaration, “The Love of Revenge or the Legal Ruling,” on 11 July 2005.[3]
On the other hand, he has condemned Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif's book Rationalizing Jihad in Egypt and the World which calls for a stop to jihad activities both in the West and in Muslim countries, as “numbness and discouragement” because it tells Muslims that they are too weak to engage in jihad or overthrow their oppressive rulers. He is quoted as saying “More than half of the Koran and hundreds of the Prophet’s sayings call for jihad and fighting those unjust tyrants,” Tartusi exclaimed on a jihadist Web site. “What do you want us to do with his huge quantity of Sharia provisions, and how do you want us to understand and interpret them? Where is the benefit in deserting jihad against those tyrants? Because of them, the nation lost its religion, glory, honor, dignity, land, resources, and every precious thing!”
In September 2005 the cleric as well as Saudi Arabia's senior cleric,
A fatwa dated November 1, 2008 and signed by Abu Basir Al-Tartusi appeared on his website and declared Sheikh
Abu Basir was strongly supportive of opposition to the Syrian government, during the Syrian civil war he established a Facebook page called al-Mu’arada al-islamiya lil-nizam al-souri (Islamic Opposition to the Regime in Syria) and in May 2012 he appeared in an online video clip alongside armed rebels, implying he was taking part in fighting inside Syria.[2] This appeared to be confirmed in an online video in October 2012, apparently filmed near Latakia where he is seen alongside scores of armed rebels in a paramilitary group called Ansar al-Sham.[7] In 2014 the cleric is described as the revolutionary mufti of Syria by a popular Islamic dawah website.[8]
On 17 February 2017, Abu Basir al-Tartusi was criticized and attacked by Tariq Abdelhaleem.[9]
On 3 March 2017, he made a statement demanding a trial of
See also
- Salafist jihadism
External links
- Abu Basir al-Tartusi A collection of English translations from his writings
- Official Website (in Arabic)
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- CTC Militant Ideology Atlas, compendium
- The mufti of the Syrian opposition Suhaib Anjarini, Al-Akhbar, 5 March 2014
References
- ^ a b "The Ideological Voices of the Jihadi Movement". Jamestown. Retrieved Jan 4, 2021.
- ^ a b Aron Lund, "Holier Than Thou: Rival Clerics in the Syrian Jihad", Jamestown Foundation, 16 July 2012
- ^ "Deadly Conversations". Aug 13, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-13. Retrieved Jan 4, 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-393-06211-3.
- ^ "Syrian Jihadist Scholar Abu Basir Al-Tartusi: Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi is an Apostate," Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project/The Reform Project |December 24, 2008
- ^ "Syrian Jihadist Scholar Abu Basir Al-Tartusi: Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi is an Apostate. 27 December 2008". Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- ^ "The Poplar preacher leading an armed gang of jihadis in Syria". The Telegraph. Retrieved Jan 4, 2021.
- ^ Ladadwi, Abdullāh. (7 October 2014) "Conclusive scholarly opinions on ISIS". Current Affairs section. Islam21C. Retrieved 23 July 2015. Islam21C
- ^ عبد الحليم, طارق (28 Feb 2017). "Tareq Abdul Halim criticises". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2017-03-15.
- ^ Lister, Charles (3 Mar 2017). "Salafist cleric Abu Basir al-Tartusi has demanded a trial of Nusra/JFS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani for crimes against Syria's revolution". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2017-03-15.