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Saudi clerics told to stop anti-U.S. sermons
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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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antius; clerics; saudi; sermons
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1 posted on 11/26/2002 7:57:11 AM PST by Samurai_Jack
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To: Samurai_Jack
CIA accuses Saudi millionaires of Al-Qaeda Connections - 12 leading Saudi businessmen have anything to do with that I wonder.....bwahahahahaha
2 posted on 11/26/2002 7:58:45 AM PST by chance33_98
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To: Samurai_Jack
REALITY:

Saudi clerics told to stop anti-U.S. sermons in public

3 posted on 11/26/2002 8:11:17 AM PST by Petronski
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To: Samurai_Jack
Where is the Arab Civil Liberties Union when you need them?
4 posted on 11/26/2002 8:13:43 AM PST by KeyWest
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To: KeyWest
What do you want to bet that our friends over at "Ask the Imam" won't be listening.

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

5 posted on 11/26/2002 8:15:36 AM PST by section9
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To: Samurai_Jack
Can we trust the House of Saud to do other than murder and lie?


6 posted on 11/26/2002 8:17:16 AM PST by Diogenesis
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To: section9
What do you want to bet that our friends over at "Ask the Imam" won't be listening.

For those here that do not know what Chris is referring to regarding the 'Ask the Imam" comment see the link below:

Ask the Imam

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.

7 posted on 11/26/2002 8:33:05 AM PST by isthisnickcool
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To: section9
The Turks were the only ones who knew how to really deal with such jihadi vermin. They did it with an iron hand.
8 posted on 11/26/2002 8:33:32 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: Samurai_Jack
Clerics who rant anti-West hate sermons get "dismissed"...big deal...but men who tell people to think for themselves and stop blindly believing these rants are accused of insulting Allah and are executed.

What does that tell us?

9 posted on 11/26/2002 8:34:52 AM PST by cake_crumb
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To: Samurai_Jack
But the Wahhabis have always been the ideological and political power behind the throne in Saudi Arabia, since even before its formal inception in the 1920s. The ruling family can demand whatever it likes - the imams may or may not obey, as they choose. Should they elect to continue this sort of sermon there isn't much the government can do about it short of mass arrests, and that would result in the country blowing up. Ain't gonna happen.
10 posted on 11/26/2002 8:38:56 AM PST by Billthedrill
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Saudi clerics told to stop anti-U.S. sermons

Yeah, they are starting to blow the royal families cover.

11 posted on 11/26/2002 8:40:19 AM PST by Mixer
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To: isthisnickcool
The 'Ask the Imam" site is real. It is not a hoax or fake.

I can't believe some of their questions. Geeeeezzzzz. You'd think Clinton was the one they're asking!

12 posted on 11/26/2002 8:41:15 AM PST by concerned about politics
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To: Billthedrill
Agreed. This statement was meant more for Western consumption. I'm sure the mullahs got a good laugh out of it.
13 posted on 11/26/2002 8:43:35 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: concerned about politics
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.

14 posted on 11/26/2002 8:54:00 AM PST by isthisnickcool
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To: Samurai_Jack
Saudi clerics told to stop anti-U.S. sermons

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.

15 posted on 11/26/2002 8:57:40 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: isthisnickcool
"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."

Yep. That's why Muslims are so psychologically dependent on their clerics, who do all their thinking for them.

16 posted on 11/26/2002 9:06:52 AM PST by cake_crumb
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To: Samurai_Jack
The Saudis are 14 months and 3,000 dead too late.
17 posted on 11/26/2002 9:08:55 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: Samurai_Jack
Finally. Should have been done 10 years ago. Will it stick or be enforced?
18 posted on 11/26/2002 9:10:02 AM PST by RightWhale
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To: Samurai_Jack
This warning was only issued in English, and only to Western media outlets, of course.
19 posted on 11/26/2002 9:18:33 AM PST by Teacher317
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Saudi clerics told to stop anti-U.S. sermons in public

Or for now.

20 posted on 11/26/2002 9:21:30 AM PST by FITZ
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