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Cleric: True Believers aren't terrorists
A leading mosque preacher in Riyadh criticized those who commit acts of terrorism, saying such acts had nothing to do with the teachings of Islam. The cleric's criticism during a mass Friday prayer service came as Saudi officials hold four men allegedly tied to bin Laden's al-Qaeda group following the fatal May 12 attacks on three residential compounds. Like elsewhere in the Saudi capital Friday, tight security surrounded the Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque — the kingdom's largest — where its grand mufti and preacher, Sheik Abdulaziz al-Sheik, delivered a 45-minute sermon to some 8,000 worshippers. "Terrorism has nothing to do with Islam," al-Sheik told the congregation. "Islam should not be blamed for acts of other people. People should be held responsible individually for their own acts."
You're a cleric. You're in the fatwah business. Why don't you declare them apostate, and call for the Faithful to kill them?
Following the service, worshipper Youssef Ahmed lashed out at the terrorists behind the Riyadh bombings. "This bombing in Riyadh was not Islamic. I am very angry that actions of some nonbelievers are being linked with the teachings of the religion of peace," Ahmed, a heavily bearded man aged in his late 40s, told The Associated Press.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-05-24
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=14646