Now if this happened more often, anti-Muslim feeling in the West would decrease dramatically. I am personally thankful for what the Spanish Muslim community has done today.

This is a bold declaration on the eve of the first anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack in Madrid.

Spain’s Muslims issue ‘fatwa’ against bin Laden

MADRID, Spain - Muslim clerics in Spain issued what they called the world’s first “fatwa,” or Islamic edict, against Osama bin Laden on Thursday, the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, calling him an apostate and urging others of their faith to denounce the al-Qaida leader.

The ruling was issued by the Islamic Commission of Spain, the main body representing the country’s 1 million-member Muslim community. The commission represents 200 or so mostly Sunni mosques, or about 70 percent of all mosques in Spain.