Moderate Muslims cheer edict condemning al-Qaida

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: March 29, 2005| Author: Brian Murphy Associated Press | Copyright information

CAIRO, Egypt -- The e-mail messages from Muslims began moments after release of a religious edict condemning al-Qaida. They came from every corner of the world. Soon they were tumbling in too fast to handle.

"I couldn't even read them all. There's at least 1,000. Maybe more," said Mansur Escudero, secretary-general of the Islamic Commission of Spain. "The tone was nearly all the same: 'It's about time someone did it. Bravo!"'

The fatwa, issued on the anniversary of the Madrid tra...

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