NOTE: This question came about as a result of the recent spate of self-immolations that have occurred throughout the Arab world following the original one from Muḥammad al-Bū’azīzī of Tunisia, which sparked the uprising that overthrew former Presiden Ben ‘Alī.
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Fatwā from Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shanqīṭī of Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa’l-Jihād- “Ruling on Suicide Bombers ‘Lighting Oneself on Fire'”
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New Fatwā from Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shanqīṭī of Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa'l-Jihād: "Ruling on Suicide Bombers 'Lighting Oneself on Fire'"
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