![]() Through his political quietism and classical understanding that resistance to oppression can only lie within an Islamic state actor, Albani comes to the controversial conclusion that Palestinians must leave their land. ![]() Such a fatwā speaks to both the quietest nature of many modern Islamic scholars, while also touching upon a controversial idea that the land of Palestine has somehow transitioned from Dār al Islām (the land of Islam) to Dār al Kufr (the land of disbelief). In this brief fatwā, Albani cites a verse of the Qur’ān which states that “Was the Earth not spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (from evil)?”(Qur’ān 4:97). In 1993, Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani, arguably the most prominent Salafi scholar of the 20th century, issued a fatwā in which he called upon Palestinians to leave the West Bank because he felt that they could not practice their religion there correctly. ![]() Source: 1993 Fatwa from Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani Calling on Palestinians to Leave the West Bank
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