Delivery for Mr. al-Qaradawi, delivery for Mr. al-Qaradawi.
Posted on 09/02/2004 12:05:36 PM PDT by yonif
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian cleric based in Qatar and often described as a moderate has ruled that it is a religious duty for Muslims to fight Americans in Iraq, including U.S. civilians, his office director said Thursday. But Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi said that two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq should be freed immediately.
Qaradawi gave his opinion at a meeting Tuesday evening at the Egyptian journalists' syndicate in Cairo.
"All of them (U.S. military personnel and civilians) are invaders who came from their country to invade our country and fighting them is a duty," said his office director Essam Talima, quoting a fatwa or ruling on religious law by Qaradawi.
Qaradawi is revered in much of the Muslim world for his intellectual rigor and ability to adapt the fundamental tenets of Islam to the modern world.
The cleric was quoted by pan-Arab daily newspaper al-Hayat as saying during the Tuesday meeting that the French journalists should be freed.
"If those kidnappers care about the reputation of Islam then they should free the two French journalists," the newspaper quoted him saying.
Qaradawi said the presence of the French journalists "broke the American monopoly on relaying information and facts (on the situation in Iraq) to the outside world."
He also referred to France's foreign policy in dealing with the Islamic and Arab worlds, which he said could serve as an example to other countries.
The kidnapping of Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot on August 20 by a group called the Islamic Army in Iraq has deeply shocked France which was a fierce opponent of the U.S.-led invasion and has no troops in Iraq.
The kidnappers have demanded that Paris rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves and other conspicuous religious symbols from state schools. The deadline passed Wednesday and France put the ban into force Thursday.
Qaradawi was one of 93 prominent Muslim figures who in August called on Muslims around the world to support resistance against U.S. forces in Iraq and the Iraqi government.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. cities, Qaradawi urged Muslims worldwide to donate blood to help the victims and also condemned the 2002 Bali bombing as barbaric and immoral but he caused controversy during a visit to Britain in July after condoning some suicide attacks.
A prominent poet, writer and public speaker, Qaradawi has a reputation for spurning extremists which is seen by some to be at odds with his stance on suicide bombings and statements deemed to be homophobic.
Anyone may take the life of Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi at any time and in any manner.
It is a solemn duty to do this.
OK then, off with HIS head!!!
How far is it from Egypt to Iraq?
If I was an Iraqi I would be very upset at this statement!
My weapon of choice is of course SPAM, SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Sure, kidnapping civilians and then later cutting off their heads is "righteous."
Hey it reminds me of John Kerry in a way, but Kerry prefers instead of heads, to cut the legs off of our Troops.
Then he won't mind when a precision guided Mark 82 comes flying into his window. After all, fair is fair.
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Here's some typical Islamic bull:
..."...Qaradawi said the presence of the French journalists "broke the American monopoly on relaying information and facts (on the situation in Iraq) to the outside world."...
Only France and Al Jazeera report the situation to the satisfaction of Muslims. All Muslims who have thanked the US for ending Saddam's regime must be the real "extremists".
Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi is a well known supporter of Islamic terrorism against civilians.
Zell Miller needs to take him out.
WTF is this guy talking about? Do people like this even understand how idiotic they sound? Or is there a method to the madness... is "our country", perhaps, "Greater Arabia" (or "Greater Islam")? If so then yes we invaded that "country" and yes we are occupying that "country". The piece of that "country" called "Iraq", in particular. If an Egyptian cleric thinks this gives him the right/justification to take offense to the point of advocating murder, then perhaps we should take him at his word. In other words:
I'll be happy to stop pretending these are all different countries, and recognize that a state of warfare exists between us and them, the whole kit 'n kaboodle, if that's what he really wants.
Just one small side benefit to this approach would be that it would render moot the last 2 years' worth of asinine arguments as to whether Iraq is "part of" the war on terror, or whether it has sufficient "connections" to be a valid enemy.
"If those kidnappers care about the reputation of Islam then they should free the two French journalists," the newspaper quoted him saying.
Here's what's funny, kidnappers like this don't speak for "Islam" when they do something bad, but if they do something such as releasing French prisoners, then... it is imagined by these scum that would help the "reputation of Islam". Sorry, "cleric", no deal. You can't have it both ways, either these losers represent "Islam" or they don't.
I'm convinced that the bulk of our problems in dealing with this part of the world is that they want to have it both ways and the West is too timid to call them on it. This bait-and-switch ("they don't represent us, yes they do, no they don't.."/ "we're all different countries, no we're the same, HEY we're different countries!") is what makes terrorism pay off so much. In other words, our failure to recognize it, is what causes terrorism.
SledgeCS
The words moderate and Muslims don't belong in the same sentence. But the words MOAB and Muslims do. They like to say "death to America". I prefer "death from America"!!!
~~disgust with Moo-Slum 'moderates' ON!!~~
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