بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
All
praise is due to Allaah and may the peace and blessings be upon whom there is
no Prophet after him, our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his
companions, as to what proceeds.
Some
years ago in ‘Iraaq a group that called itself the Islamic State of ‘Iraaq and
Shaam1 has emerged and they
have become known by four letters (داعش).2 And those who have taken
its leadership, as those who have followed news about them mention, are
many whose names are Abu so and so or Abu so and so the son of so and so,
appellations which are ascribed to a particular country or tribe as is the
state of those unknown who hide behind appellations and ascriptions3. And after some time passed with the
war which occurred between the Syrian government and those who oppose
them, groups of these fighters came who didn’t oppose the government. Rather,
they fought Ahlus Sunnah (Sunnis) who were opposed to the government and
slew them. And it has become widespread that they slay those who they wish
to slay by using knives which is from the most loathsome and offensive ways in
killing human beings4.
