Spain's Islamic Commission, grouping the nation's Muslim community, said Thursday it was issuing a fatwa against al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in the name of whose network last year's Madrid train bombings were claimed. "We are going to issue a fatwa (religious decree) against Bin Laden this afternoon," Mansour Escudero, who leads the Federation of Islamic religious entities (Feeri) and co-secretary general of the Spanish government-created Commission told AFP.
The Commission invited Spanish-based imams to condemn terrorism at Friday prayers, when the whole country will be remembering the 191 people who were killed in the train blasts and the 1,900 injured exactly 12 months ago.
The attacks have been blamed on mainly Moroccan Islamic extremists loyal to Bin Laden.
"We have called on imams to make a formal declaration condemning terrorism and for a special prayer for all the victims of terrorism," Escudero said.
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