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| Saudi Arabia's Terror Conference: Part I |
| 2005-01-06 |
| Excerpt: Writing in the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh on April 26, 2004, Abdul Waheed Al-Humaid referred to the attacks of that week in the Saudi capitol Riyadh as unjustifiable terrorism. He explained, however, "if there are people who want to wage Jihad and fight the enemy, there are more than a thousand [legitimate] ways to do so." Saudi Sheikh Abdallah Al-Muslih, Chairman of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Koran, Sunna of the Muslim World League, and former Dean of Islamic Law in the Saudi city of Abha appeared on Iqra TV on May 20th, stating that jihad - inside the Kingdom - is not allowed. He also addressed the current debate amongst leading Saudi clerics about suicide bombings against U.S. troops. He cited teachings from Islamic history giving precedents to such actions that as long as soldiers from Dar Al-Harb (countries outside Muslim rule) are targeted, "there is nothing wrong with suicide attacks if they cause great damage to the enemy." Al-Muslih ended by emphasizing, "[When] we speak of [attacks] in Muslim countries, such as Saudi Arabia
this is forbidden
This is the land of the Muslims. We must never do this in a Muslim country." Saudi support of jihad outside the Kingdom and against U.S. troops was recently the subject of a fatwa by 26 leading Saudi religious scholars from the most prominent universities in the Kingdom. According to the fatwa, released in November, killing U.S. soldiers in Iraq is allowed. The fatwa, which came one month before the suicide attack by a Saudi bomber on an American mess hall in Mosul that killed 14 U.S. soldiers, stated: "Fighting the occupiers is a religious duty
It is a jihad to push back the assailants
Resistance is a legitimate right." |
| Posted by:ed |
| #1 They've clearly learned nothing from the events of the past few years. Still trying to ship their trouble children abroad to sow their wild oats. And so they have openly declared themselves. And moved themselves up GWB's To Do list -- to be handled after Iraq's oil production is stabilized. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-06 4:58:49 PM |