Posted on 11/26/2002 7:57:10 AM PST by Samurai_Jack
Saudi clerics told to stop anti-U.S. sermons
Special to World Tribune.com MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE Tuesday, November 26, 2002
RIYAD Saudi Arabia has warned its clerics not to give sermons directed against the United States.
Saudi officials said the clerics have been warned not to use their posts to engage in politics. This includes railing against the United States or Riyad's Western allies.
Those clerics who violate the ban could face dismissal, officials said. More than 50,000 clerics are responsible for mosques round the kingdom. Saudi Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh Al Sheik has relayed a message to clerics that also bans sermons by unauthorized people in mosques. Al Sheik said such speakers could exploit the opportunity to incitement Muslims.
"Mosques are meant only for prayers, guidance and other pious activities," the message to the clerics read. "They should not be misused as a political platform." Officials said the government has received reports of unauthorized Saudis giving sermons against the United States in several mosques in the kingdom. The reports included calls for the expulsion of U.S. military and other Western personnel from Saudi Arabia.
The kingdom has arrested scores of people connected to the Al Qaida movement. At the same time, attacks against Westerners have been reported during the fast month of Ramadan.
Al Sheik warned that he was prepared to replace what he termed unsuitable clerics from their posts. He said the role of the imam, or preacher, and the khatib, who provides the sermon, involve great responsibility.
Saudi clerics told to stop anti-U.S. sermons in public
Bunch o' Jew-hating, Zyklon-B peddling crazies, if you ask me. Give 'em all back to the Turks, I say.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
For those here that do not know what Chris is referring to regarding the 'Ask the Imam" comment see the link below:
I ran across the "Ask the Imam" site shortly after 9/11. It will teach you a LOT about the "real" Islam. Because it shows the interaction between the followers and the Imams. The Imams are the ones that dictate what the followers do. And how they do it. From top to bottom. Every little aspect of their lives is micro-managed. Down to how they have sex to how they wipe their butts. Islam is in many ways organized the opposite of what America was founded on and what America is about.
The 'Ask the Imam" site is real. It is not a hoax or fake.
What does that tell us?
Yeah, they are starting to blow the royal families cover.
I can't believe some of their questions. Geeeeezzzzz. You'd think Clinton was the one they're asking!
Amazing, eh? But the site is instructional. You will find out that Muslims men cannot wear gold and should not shave their beard. They cannot wear shorts below the knees. Etc.
See here.
Another interesting site is here. It has a link that gives prayer times. After the first few "sniper" shootings in Washington I noticed that the shootings were always before or after Muslim prayer times. Meaning the chance was great that the shooter was a Muslim.
It makes sense for people to educate themselves as to what we are dealing with.
This is news? Wild-eyed Wahabbist clerics have been giving anti-U.S. (and anti-western) sermons for at least 40 years now. I guess the House of Terrorism has merely told them not to make it so obvious.
Yep. That's why Muslims are so psychologically dependent on their clerics, who do all their thinking for them.
Or for now.
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