Posted on 05/02/2006 10:32:19 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Books inciting Saudi youth to enroll in holy war that include religious edicts condoning suicide bombing are being sold in bookstores.
Saudi daily al-Watan reported Tuesday that the books are being sold openly in bookshops in the city of Brida, north of the capital Riyadh, promising paradise for martyrs who come out to fight "infidels" by exploding themselves.
The books included edicts that inflame the emotions of young Muslims and encourage them to earn honors and virtue through martyrdom.
Some edicts also encourage suicide operations through extensive analysis of means and justification. Martyrdom was described as the highest expression of legitimate jihad, or holy war.
The paper said one of the books titled "Guideline for Soldiers in Jihad Mechanisms, a Summary of Jihad merit" was issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Education and Information in 1983 and published by a Baghdad publishing house.
The book, which stressed the necessity and merit of jihad, deals with liberation wars, conquest, army structures, military planning, arms and procurement of military equipment needed for mobilizing soldiers.
The book also comprises religious edicts regarding the results of jihad, or rules of war, including the division of spoils claimed by militants.
The paper quoted Education and Information Ministry official Youssef Abdel Rahman as saying the book falls under the label of publications banned in Saudi Arabia.
"In case we were informed that certain bookshops sell banned books and we get proof of that, punitive measures are enforced, including financial penalties, and a commitment by the bookshop owner to abide by the law if it was the first infringement," Abdel Rahman said.
It would appear youssef abdel rahman was in need of a lie, so he lied. Banned books in saudi arabia is nothing new.
The number one banned book in saudi arabia is...the Bible.
allah can't stand the competition.
I'm surprised this is new.
Yes... the Iraqi war had "nothing" to do with the war on terror. Saddam is soooo innocent...Hmmm...
the book preaching jihad is called "the Koran."
It was written by a pedophile known as "Mohammed," who needed to create a fake religion based on conquering your neighbors in order to gather warring savages under one banner.
I'm not surprised to hear that these books are sold in the Arab world. I just hope they're not being supplied to Muslims here as well.
sorry for the double post
I was reading just yesterday that The Saudi Education and Information Ministry is run by one of the most vicious islamic hardliners in the Saudi Government.
He was put their specifically under orders of the religious leaders of SA by King Abdullah.
Who is it in government that deems a religion a religion? I'd like to petition him/her to change the status of islam to cult because that's what it is.
If the CIA were one tenth as smart and ruthless as everyone thinks they are, you would think they could dust these books with finely divided potassium cyanide. Instead, they'll whine to Foggy Bottom, who will send a sharply worded note to some junior fuctionary prince in the House of Saud...
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