Anyone defying the edict was considered a non-Muslim.
(Qatar) • Prominent Islamic cleric Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi has said that Muslims accepting the nationality of non-Islamic countries in times of war is against the teachings and tenets of Islam.
“It’s a betrayal of Allah and His Prophet (PBUH),” the scholar said of a Muslim accepting the citizenship of a hostile non-Muslim country in times of war. His comments were carried by a local Arabic daily in a special Ramadan supplement yesterday.
Muslim clerics in Tunisia had issued an edict (fatwa) during the invasion of their country by the French forbidding Muslims from accepting French nationality, he said. Anyone defying the edict was considered a non-Muslim.
Islamic edicts of this kind are an effective means of resisting invasions by colonisers and a strong weapon in waging jihad, the cleric said. But Muslims need to travel and settle down in countries other than their own.
This way they get an opportunity to become nationals of other countries and get political rights, which ensure their empowerment. Things are changing now due to globalisation and modern outlook on life.