1.0The Standard Newspaperhttps://standard.gmrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://standard.gm/owns-islam-authority-accept-someone-expel-question-scholars-gambia-supreme-islamic-council/">Who owns Islam and has the authority to accept someone into or expel him out of it? My question to the ‘scholars’ of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://standard.gm/owns-islam-authority-accept-someone-expel-question-scholars-gambia-supreme-islamic-council/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Who owns Islam and has the authority to accept someone into or expel him out of it? My question to the ‘scholars’ of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council” — The Standard Newspaper" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://standard.gm/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Supreme-Islamic-Council.jpg700420The declaration of disbelief (fatwa of Kufr), that is declaring certain groups outside the pale of Islam has been commonplace in the history of Islam after the decline of its glory. In fact, these declarations have contributed immensely to the decline of Islam because of the enmity and fight it created among the different groups […]