O God, O God, destroy the tyrant Jews/destroy the enemies of Muslims

FBIS Report - Friday sermons broadcast by the Saudi Government media on 23 May 2003: [With thanks to www.mideastweb.org/mewnews1.htm ] SAUDI ARABIA:

Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia TV1 in Arabic, official television station of the Saudi Government, at 0930 GMT carries a 20-minute live sermon from the holy mosque in Mecca.

Shaykh Usamah Bin-Abdallah Khayyat delivers the sermon. He praises God, the messenger, and his companions and thanks God for revealing Islam to humanity as a way to salvation. He also urges Muslims to devote themselves to worshipping God, warning that any deviation from the messenger's path will lead to serious consequences, "including charges of unbelief, which has caused disasters to the Islamic nation." The imam then urges Muslims to return to pure Islam and praises the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, stressing that "no opposition to Saudi policies can do any harm to the Kingdom" because, he says, God "protects this country." He also praises the Saudi people's "cohesion" in the face of "saboteurs, corrupters, and deviants."

In the second part of his sermon, the imam calls on Muslims to try to understand true Islam and to obey God and his messenger. The imam devotes almost all his sermon to the importance of abiding by Islamic values.

In conclusion, the imam prays to God: "O God, strengthen Islam and Muslims, protect Islam, destroy Islam's enemies and all tyrants and corrupters, close Muslims' ranks, and give wisdom to their leaders." He goes on: "O God, help the mujahidin in Palestine promote justice. O God, destroy the tyrant Jews and protect us from their evil."

Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabic TV2 in Arabic, official television station of the Saudi Government, at 0930 GMT carries a 23-minute live sermon from the holy mosque in Medina.

Saykh Husayn Al al-Shaykh delivers the sermon. He praises God, the messenger, and his companions and calls on Muslims to obey God to attain security, stability, happiness, and prosperity. He stresses that humanity will not enjoy good life and happiness unless it follows the message, which God has revealed through His Messenger, Prophet Muhammad. Islamic Law, the imam says, forbids "aggression and corruption, which damage security and stability," citing relevant Koranic verses. He also says that no Muslim "has the right to frighten any Muslim," stressing that Prophet Muhammad banned "the use of weapons in the land of Muslims," and recalling that Islam "requires its followers to provide security for non-Muslims living in Islamic countries." The imam cites relevant Koranic verses to support his argument that Islam bans the killing of non-Muslims and even unbelievers.

In conclusion, the imam prays to God: "O God, strengthen Islam and Muslims, destroy Islam's enemies and the unjust. O God, help Muslims everywhere. O God, give us safety in our homelands." He goes on: "O God, relieve Muslims in Iraq and Palestine of their plight. O God, let the best of the Iraqis rule Iraq and its people."

FBIS Report - Friday sermons carried by the news media of the Palestinian Authority on 23 May 2003:

Gaza Palestine Satellite Channel Television in Arabic, official television station of the Palestinian Authority, and Gaza Voice of Palestine in Arabic -- Second Program -- official radio station of the Palestinian Authority broadcasting from Gaza -- at 0945 GMT carry a 30-minute live sermon from Shaykh Ijlin mosque in Gaza.

Shaykh Muhammad Jamal Abu-Hannud delivers the sermon. He praises God, the messenger, and his companions, thanking God for revealing Islam through Prophet Muhammad and stressing that Islam will succeed because it has come to establish justice and to preserve man's dignity.

Turning to politics, the imam denounces Israel and says: "Children have been orphaned, houses have been destroyed, farmland has been damaged, and a siege has been clamped on the leader and the people." He says that all this is happening to the Palestinian people just because they seek freedom, blaming the international community for keeping silent over Israeli practices in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He also says: "Our people are offering sacrifices for the sake of freedom, dignity, and sovereignty over their land and their homeland. We will not step back. We will remain loyal to our religion, our homeland, and Jerusalem. We will remain loyal to God and His messenger and will liberate Jerusalem and our sanctities and regain the usurped rights." The imam also stresses that the Palestinian people will continue struggle "until they liberate land and man and establish their Palestinian state, with holy Jerusalem as its capital, God willing."

In conclusion, the imam prays to God: "O God, strengthen Islam and Muslims and elevate justice and Islam. O God, destroy he who harbors evil to Islam and Muslims. O God, send us a man, who can close the Muslims' ranks."

Ramallah Voice of Palestine, official radio station of the Palestinian Authority, at 0945 GMT carries a 35-minute live Friday sermon from Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Shaykh Yusuf Abu-Sunaynah delivers the sermon. He praises God, the messenger, and his companions, calling on Muslims to obey God before it is too late. The prophet, he says, called neither for communism nor capitalism but for tolerant Islam to spread justice. He gives examples of Islam's justice from the Islamic history and urges Arab leaders to pursue fair policies toward their peoples.

In the second part of the sermon, the imam turns to the situation in Palestine and says: "The forces of tyranny and aggression continue killing, oppressing, and humiliating the Palestinian people. A million Palestinians are now besieged in large prisons in their cities, villages, and camps. Barricades and numerous checkpoints are erected on roads, assassinations continue, homes are destroyed, farmland is destroyed, and plants are uprooted. Arab and international media organs carry reports on all this as a daily serial to amuse their peoples. Regrettably, our Arab and Islamic nation has forgotten the Palestinian Muslim people. The Arab rulers and leaders also have forgotten the Palestine question." Criticizing the United States as unjust, the imam says: "Tyrannical America has launched the so-called road map to realize the Zionist dream and to strengthen the Zionist political, military, and economic situation. Nevertheless, the Palestinians have accepted the road map, although the Israeli Government has rejected it." The imam then says that Israel wants the Palestinians to fight one another, but that "our people are aware of the conspiracy and refuse to fight one another."

In conclusion, the imam prays to God: "O God, destroy the enemies of Muslims, for they are within your power. O God, disperse them. O God, forgive Muslims."

"The US and British coalition forces have become the Divine Hammer in the Fist of Allah, come to smite the apostates and the twisted of faith, that a more pure love for mankind may follow....

Even the Jews take on a transcendent quality in this renewal of faith and worship. The world of Islam that emerges shall be a bright beacon to all the world, finally preaching the brotherhood they have proclaimed, but never administered, for centuries."

You're kidding, right?

He also urges Muslims to devote themselves to worshipping God, warning that any deviation from the messenger's path will lead to serious consequences, "including charges of unbelief, which has caused disasters to the Islamic nation."

Oh my. That is exactly the problem with Islam. Those nasty "charges of unbelief". Why that is exactly why they want to kill us "infidels".

Read this and be informed of what we face.

the imam calls on Muslims to try to understand true Islam and to obey God and his messenger. The imam devotes almost all his sermon to the importance of abiding by Islamic values.

We definitely know what their Islamic values are.

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