Hyderabad, April 5 -- The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), via its Ijtihad and Fatwa Committee, has issued a fatwa calling for jihad (war) against Israel, urging Muslim nations and communities worldwide to mobilise in support of the Palestinian cause-including through military intervention.

The fatwa, shared by IUMS Secretary-General Ali AlQaradaghi on X on Friday evening, April 4, declares armed jihad against the Israeli force a religious obligation for every able Muslim. It stresses that this duty applies across the entire Islamic world.

The fatwa further stressed the religious obligation to support Palestinian resistance militarily, financially, politically, and legally. It called for the urgent formation of an Islamic ...