On 23 July 2005, just days after the London bombings, Afifi al-Akiti wrote "Defending the Transgressed by Censuring the Reckless against the Killing of Civilians" (Arabic: "Mudafi' al-Mazlum bi-Radd al-Muhamil 'ala Qital Man La Yuqatil"), the foreword of which was described by Gibril Haddad as a "fatwa" or a "response by a qualified Muslim scholar against the killing of civilians". Furthermore: