That's a welcome gesture on the part of these individuals, and I wish them all the luck, and hope they don't end up on a list of apostates and bihadis that need killin'.
Theres some good comments over at jihadwatch, and one poster points out:
...these fatwas are ALREADY prohibited in Article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:1. Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law.
2. Any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law.
Points One and Two - isn't that what the islamist clerics preach?
Am I to take it that all Saudi wahhabi clerics are in breach of the International Covenant?
If so, I now better understand the reasons for mufti Halali's (pending) removal from his postion.
Here are his own words:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12226
Support for Hizbullah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad.