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| Algeria Salafist contradicts al-Zawahiri | ||
| 2010-10-13 | ||
[Magharebia] Just as Sheikh Ferkous took a stand opposing violence against Mohammedan leaders, al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri called for the downfall of Pakistain's government.
"From a doctrinal point of view, the present jihadist groups cannot be in jihad except under the command of their rulers and fighting under their banner," declared Salafist theologian Sheikh Mohamed Ali Ferkous, alias Abou Abdelmouaâz Mohamed, in the September fatwa.
Sheikh Ferkous, who used to officiate as a holy man in the district of Kouba in Algiers, is greatly demanded by the Islamists and his views are well respected. His latest fatwa against al-Qaeda's version of jihad follows a request from GSPC founder Hassan Hattab and other former jihadists for Islamic scholars to clarify their positions on terrorism. Al-Zawahiri, meanwhile, prodded Pak youth to pursue jihad and violence. The near-simultaneous statements differ in more than the message; Ayman al-Zawahiri's new message is failing to gain any traction in the Maghreb. "The Mohammedan world is tired of al-Zawahiri tapes that call to overthrow governments and therefore, these tapes no longer have any value neither in the Islamic world nor in any other," Brahim Ould Mohamed, a Mauritanian media specialist in Islamic groups told Magharebia. Many people were particularly opposed to al-Qaeda's message calling for the violent removal of the Pak government. "The invitations issued from the caves cannot bring down governments; even if they are weaker than a spider's web," said Imam Izid Bih Ould Teghy, head of the al-Furqan mosque in Nouakchott. "This is not the first time that Zawahri calls Mohammedan rulers infidels and calls for people to get out of their rule. And calls by Al-Qaeda generally do not find any echo in the community. It has become sure enough that people who respond to such calls, are people who suffer from psychological and social problems. Al-Zawahiri is known as a doctor, but instead of choosing to treat people, he chose to kill them, and this choice in itself is an indication that the mental abilities of this man aren't sane," said Driss Moussaoui, President of the Moroccan Association for Social Psychiatry. Furthermore, many were uninterested in listening to any new message from al-Zawahiri or al-Qaeda. "Young people do not care about the messages of Al-Qaeda and believe that bin Laden and his followers are not clear and they do not know to what side they belong and therefore, do not trust them," said Tunisian professor Saloua Chorfi. She added "The messages of Al-Qaeda specifically do not have credibility and it is questionable, as they talk more than they do acts." Mohammed Ouardani, a 25-year-old Moroccan, told Magharebia that he had not heard anything about the audiotape of Ayman al-Zawahiri. "Even if I was told that the tape of al-Zawahiri or bin Laden will be broadcast at a particular time by a specific channel, I wouldn't watch it nor give it any attention," he said. "Al-Qaeda has ended a long time ago, and in fact, it has become a pariah, and is seen as an evil virus that brought malicious damage to Islam and Mohammedans," Moroccan journalist Abdeliah Sakhir said. For his part, young Tunisian Mehdi offers a solution: "To solve the problems of Islamic and Arab countries and to find peace and avoid wars according to our Islamic religion, we must renounce terrorism in all its forms." "There is only a small number of young people who are affected by the messages of al-Qaeda," he added. "I personally do not trust them." | ||
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