Saudi clerics issue fatwas against helping infidels

pms laflame at mindspring.com
Sat Oct 13 19:25:54 PDT 2001


"Fatwas carry only as much authority as the man who pronounces them. But Oqla, who is 80 and blind, has authority. He lives in the town of Burayda, a Wahhabi stronghold in the desert north of Riyadh, whose leaders have been calling their people to jihad since the 18th century, and whose writings have been the inspiration for groups like the Taliban. He was jailed for two months in 1995 for lambasting the 30,000-strong royal family for corruption. His fatwas have been echoed by Suleiman Alwan and Ali Khodeir, two younger Wahhabi clerics. Following the bombing in Afghanistan, mainstream preachers in Riyadh have added their voice, and anonymous fatwas have explicitly named King Fahd as a target for jihad."

Wouldn't it be sooooooo conveeenient, having the Sauds overthrown by known terrorists? Someone would have to take over and protect that oil.



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