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| Suicide Attacks on Invading Forces Permitted: Tantawi |
| 2003-04-06 |
| CAIRO: Suicide attacks on the US-led coalition in Iraq are permitted under (Islamic) religious law, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, the highest Sunni Muslim spiritual authority, Muhammad Sayed Tantawi, said yesterday. "Martyr operations against the invading forces are permitted under religious law," he said, quoted by the official MENA news agency. Tantawi described the invasion of Iraq to oust the regime of Saddam Hussein as an unjust aggression. "Whoever attacks others, spilling blood, harming the other's honor and land is a terrorist," he added, referring to the US-led coalition. Tantawi, however, said the US-led war was not a crusade against Islam since many Christian nations and religious leaders, including Pope John Paul II, have opposed it. He also indirectly criticized the Iraqi and the Kuwaiti leaders. "Saddam Hussein should have accepted a call from the United Arab Emirates last month to resign in order to prevent war," he said. "Had this initiative gone through, it would have preserved the blood of many Muslims and we would not be seeing the massacres under way against the Iraqi people." I never thought that was going to happen. I don't think the Arabs did, either... Tantawi described Iraq's August 1990-February 1991 occupation of Kuwait as a terrorist act. He also criticized Kuwait, without actually naming the emirate, saying when an Arab country enlists the help of foreign forces against another Arab country for no reason, this is treason to religion. Yep. We know which side he's on, too... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Just think what the US could do with the aid utterly wasted on Egypt and that double-dealer Mubarak. And then there's the daily riot a.k.a. Pakistan. And... hell, is there anyone we DON'T give aid to? What IS the total given to Muslim countries, Muslim sympathizers (i.e. America-haters), those who hate us for other reasons - such as we won't give without strings attached (i.e. All of Africa's Thugs, er, Gov'ts), and others who hate us just because it's fashionable??? I think a trip to the USAID website is in order... |
| Posted by: PD 2003-04-06 15:50:48 |
| #2 Suicide attacks on the US-led coalition in Iraq are permitted under (Islamic) religious law, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, the highest Sunni Muslim spiritual authority, Muhammad Sayed Tantawi, said yesterday. "Martyr operations against the invading forces are permitted under religious law," he said, quoted by the official MENA news agency. Gotta love Islam. A true religion of peace. As long as you're Muslim, and not dissenting, or not a woman trying to go to the doctor, or vote, or drive a car, or divorce an abusive husband, or get a job because you're starving, or get an education, or uncover your head in 100 degree weather, or happen to get raped. It helps, also, if you're not Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, or atheist. Being a Westerner is also a pretty heinous thing, too. I mean, we actually have the gall to complain when innocent Muslim martyrs and "jihadi" kill our civilians by the thousands, torture, rape, and sell captives into slavery, or spread vile lies about our society. What are we thinking? It's allowed under Islam. It's a cultural thing, I guess we wouldn't understand. Yep. Lovely religion. Superb culture that has sprung up around it. [/sarcasm] |
| Posted by: Celissa 2003-04-06 15:42:31 |
| #1 The government of that bundle of Muslim social idiocy called Egypt, is using the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan Musulum) to further its anti-American agenda. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/632/eg8.htm Its time to cut off US aid to that basket case, and coerce them to adopt the Algerian solution to jihadi vermin. |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-04-06 13:52:07 |