Saudi scholars from the traditional Salafi school prohibited jihadist operations since the 1990s, because such operations are carried out without state permission. IUMS members justified violence and started an intellectual war with muftis and traditional Islamic scholars, undermining them in their home countries and ridiculing their religious edicts. The IUMS was established in Qatar in 2004 while Al-Qaeda was carrying out bombings and killing people in the name of Islam. Since its inception, which coincided with the rise of Al-Qaeda, the IUMS has represented a threat to Islamic societies and moderate Islam worldwide. Prohibiting dealing with these two organizations, especially the IUMS, should have happened sooner. The classification of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) - which was established by the Muslim Brotherhood and supported by Qatar - and its sister organization the International Islamic Council (IIC), was a late step. ![]() ![]() The Anti-Terror Quarter (ATQ) - comprising Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain - has added two more radical Islamic organizations and 11 extremist individuals to its terrorism list.
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