| Jerusalem Mufti Sheikh Ikrema Sabri issued a statement in which he justified suicide bombings against Israel. The remarks also slammed religious rulings in Egypt and Saudi Arabi that condemned suicide attacks. "The opposition [to Israel] is legitimate, and he who gives his life, does not have to ask permission from anyone....We have to concentrate on the legitimacy of the opposition, it is forbidden to oppose the Intifada and the Jihad, but [an obligation] to stand beside them and support them." said Sabri, who was appointed as Jerusalem Mufti by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. |