Middle East has been on fire for many many years.  Every day, hundreds of innocent lives are maimed, killed and the mayhem is beyond the comprehension of a any civilized human being.  Muslims are killing their Muslim brothers and sisters along with other minority groups living in that part of world.  Under the pretext of religion, lot of innocent lives have become victim of sectarian scuffles.  However, the unfortunate part is that the Sheikhs in the Middle East do not care to find a solution to this on going madness in the Muslim communities of these countries.  they cann't lift themselves up from politics and contorted version of their religion and try to think outside that enclosed box to find a solution to this inhumane tragedy.  'Fatwa' is a very interesting word in Islam.  But I am little confused and may be some one can help me understand the true meaning and purpose of this diktat. First of all, my discussion with some of the Muslims who profess to know more about Islam than I do, revealed that these Fatwas can only be issued by the government and not by any  Imams or Mullahs.  Is it true?  Secondly, what does it mean?  Does it mean that the person against whom this Fatwa is issued needs to be assassinated? I am not sure.  Bunch of Mullahs, Imams and other Muslim scholars in India just issued a Fatwa against the activities of ISIS in the Middle East and sent this 15 volume dossier to the United Nations for some kind of approval.  Another confusion.  What will happen to the activities of ISIS even if UN approved this dossier?  Is UN going to take any initiative to stop the barbarous acts of ISIS?
Definitely not.  UN does not have the capability, will and enforcement power to stop it.  So, even though there may have some goodness hidden in this diktat, what purpose does it serve to change the ideology of this unIslamic behavior?  In my opinion, Mullahs and Imams should not waste time issuing these diktat, instead spend rather invest time in changing the ideology of their Muslim brothers and sisters to over this madness.  The problem is not with the teachings of Islam, the crux of the problem lies with the convoluted and contorted interpretation of Koran by the Mullahs.  Therefore, the burden is on the shoulders of Mullahs in the mosques to deliver spiritual discourses while preaching Islam - spiritual which leads the audience to love, respect and treat others humanely.  ARE MULLAHS, IMAMS AND OTHER SO CALLED AUTHORITIES IN ISLAM LISTENING?