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Makka imam talks of oppression
Makka's Grand Mosque imam has lashed out at Israel, condemned Iraq's continued occupation and called for unity among Muslims in the face of oppression. Speaking from Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Sudais marked the start of Islam's Eid al-Adha â the festival of the sacrifice â with a message for all Muslims. "In Palestine, Muslims suffer oppression and al-Aqsa mosque [in Jerusalem] buckles under occupation ... how can we live peacefully while our holy lands ⊠are being tarnished by a band of infidel Zionists?"
| "How could we possibly exert the least bit of self-control, negotiate in good faith, reach compromises? It just can't be done!" |
Saudi's best known cleric told millions currently performing Hajj and tens of millions more via satellite broadcast that Israelis were escalating hostilities by building new settlements and separation barriers. The cleric also lamented that Iraq "bleeds and that the occupier has ransacked the country and seized its riches."
| I confess. I, personally, have seized about $30 worth of Iraq... |
"I pray that our brothers in the nation of the Rafidn (Mesopotamia) be governed according to the Sunna (Islamic tradition)," added al-Sudais, calling on Muslims everywhere to unite "to defeat all their occupiers and oppressors."
| "Get out there and explode for Allah!" |
He said Islam is "misrepresented by Western media which associate it with terror."
| Prob'ly because holy men take every opportunity to urge people to unite "to defeat all their occupiers and oppressors." |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2004-02-02 |
