The AmmanMessage (Arabic: رسالةعمان) is a statement which was issued on 9 November 2004(27th of Ramadan 1425 AH) by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, calling fortolerance and unity in the Muslim world.[SUP][1][/SUP]Subsequently, a three-point ruling was issued by 200 Islamic scholars fromover 50 countries, focusing on issues of: defining who a Muslim is;excommunication from Islam(takfir),and; principles related to delivering religious edicts (fatāwa).[SUP][2][/SUP]
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The Amman Message was delivered in Amman as a Ramadansermon by Chief Justice Sheikh Iz-al-Din al-Tamimi in the presence of KingAbdullah II and a number of Muslim scholars.[SUP][3][/SUP]According to a report issued by the International Crisis Group, "Thesermon stressed the need to re-emphasise Islam's core values of compassion,mutual respect, tolerance, acceptance and freedom of religion."[SUP][1][/SUP]The next year, in July 2005, an Islamic convention brought together 200 Muslimscholars from over 50 countries who issued a three-point declaration (laterknown as 'Three Points of the Amman Message').[SUP][2][/SUP]This declaration focused on:[SUP][4][/SUP]
Their officialwebsite: http://ammanmessage.com/
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The Amman Message was delivered in Amman as a Ramadansermon by Chief Justice Sheikh Iz-al-Din al-Tamimi in the presence of KingAbdullah II and a number of Muslim scholars.[SUP][3][/SUP]According to a report issued by the International Crisis Group, "Thesermon stressed the need to re-emphasise Islam's core values of compassion,mutual respect, tolerance, acceptance and freedom of religion."[SUP][1][/SUP]The next year, in July 2005, an Islamic convention brought together 200 Muslimscholars from over 50 countries who issued a three-point declaration (laterknown as 'Three Points of the Amman Message').[SUP][2][/SUP]This declaration focused on:[SUP][4][/SUP]
- The recognition of eight legal schools of thought (madhāhib) and the varying strains of Islamic theology viz.[SUP][5][/SUP]
- SunniHanafi
- SunniHanbali
- SunniMaliki
- SunniShafi'i
- ShiaJa`fari - which includes the Ithna 'Ashariyyah and the Isma'iliyyah
- ShiaZaydi
- Ibadi
- Zahiri
- Forbade declaring an apostate of followers of following creeds/practices/thoughts:[SUP][5][/SUP]
- Ash`ari creed
- real Tasawwuf practices
- true Salafi thought
- The forbiddance from pronouncing disbelief (Takfir) upon (or excommunicating) others recognized as Muslims
- The stipulations placed as preconditions to the issuing of religious edicts, intended to prevent the circulation of illegitimate edicts
Their officialwebsite: http://ammanmessage.com/
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