"A lawyer defending al Qaida-linked suspects standing trial for the 2003 suicide bombings in Istanbul told a court that jihad, or holy war, was an obligation for Muslims and his clients should not be prosecuted."
Gee ... a lawyer defending his clients saying that "God told him to do it" ... Never heard that one before...
BTW - didn't we have a conversation about you providing "quotes" that were either out of context or simply false a long while ago ?
It appears that your sources ( your "imams" ) selectively cut'n'paste the Koran in the way YOU like it - which appears to be the same way Al-Queda does.
Are you afraid to provide the entire quote ?
"Are you afraid to provide the entire quote ?"
Which quote?
If you are referring to the article in the UK Newspaper, here's the rest of it:
The Arabic word jihad can mean holy war among extremists in addition to its definition as the Islamic concept of the struggle to do good.
Karahan spoke for three hours at the court in Istanbul.
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"If non-Muslims go into Muslim lands, it is every Muslim's obligation to fight them," Karahan said.
A panel of three judges for the fiercely secular Turkish Republic listened to Karahan patiently, without speaking, as the defence lawyer read from four thick file folders.
Twenty-nine of the suspects were brought to the courthouse for the hearing, handcuffed and escorted by paramilitary police. They sat in the middle of the courtroom, surrounded by police.
More than a dozen other lawyers were also present but only Karahan spoke in the morning session.
Later in the day, several defendants acknowledged receiving training at foreign camps for Islamic militants or making plans to carry out acts of extremist violence, but all but one denied a link to the Istanbul bombings or to al Qaida.
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I confined my excerpt to the words spoken in defence. That's islam explaining in court...the defendant was ONLY following his religion...