Time to issue fatwa against smoking: Muslim doctors

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/February/theworld_February53.xml§ion=theworld

PARIS - A group of British Muslim doctors has called on Islamic leaders to issue religious rulings against smoking as part of efforts to stamp out the habit.

In a commentary published in Saturday’s British Medical Journal (BMJ), the trio point out that Muslim countries have among the highest incidence of the smoking in the world.

In Syria and Jordan, half of adult men smoke, while the rate among Indonesian men is more than two-thirds.

Efforts to discourage smokers in these countries have been hampered by the entrenched habits of smoking and poor enforcement of anti-smoking laws, the commentary says.

[seabeyond]

1. they have a long way to go to catch up to this country

and we did it without cleric and fatwa

[CottonBear]

2. No drinking, no drugs, no porn, no un-veiled women, no coed events...

What's a guy to do but smoke? There's a fatwa on everything else?

[MrSlayer]

3. It's really no wonder these guys are so willing to kill themselves.

Anything remotely enjoyable is banned.