New board of imams to tackle extremists

by Marie Woolf
Times Online
July 13, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/696/new-board-of-imams-to-tackle-extremists

Excerpt:

The government is to sponsor a theological board of leading imams and Muslim women in an attempt to refute the ideology of violent extremists.

The committee, to be announced this week, will issue pronouncements on areas such as wearing the hijab and the treatment of wives and is part of a government strategy to counter radicalism.

It will rule on interpretation of the Koran and promote the moderate strain of Islam practised by most British Muslims. It will also comment on controversial issues affecting Muslims living in Britain, including whether or not they should serve in the armed forces.

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