Fatwa declared

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A Fatwa is just a religious decree.

On the surface this is good, even if it's a few years late. These condemnations, along with news that a female will lead prayers in a mosque, are good signs. They're accusing Bin Laden of being a secular apostate. That's a plus.

Then again, It's also a little it ridiculous. The Saudi's issued a Fatwa against terrorism in 2003, right before the Embassy got hit in Bagdahd. Fatwas are a kangaroo court, and Spain has no Sharia status in civil law. Madrid Sunni's ex-communicating Saudi wahhabists? Um. Then there's the rest of the Fatwa text, which gives a hint that their real desire is to forbid Westerners from connecting Islam to terrorism forbidding anyone from calling Bin Laden a Muslim. Then it ends with a pat on the back to Spain for not responding to it's terror hit.